"This expedition, with Sun Yu as the commander, Fukangan and Zheng Li as the deputy marshals, and the queen of the dog and egg palace, calligraphy and painting as the military division, the whole army of 500,000 will go on the expedition, and the day will set off, as for the specific use of troops, everything is subject to the orders of the military division."

"Did you hear it all?"

As soon as Wang Xu's words fell, there was a smashing sound in the lobby: "No! ”

North County Yangtze River Border.

The name of the general of the naval army stationed here is Qin Huai, although Qin Huai is a very good general, but there are really not many soldiers under him, because Cai Wenzhuo has always paid attention to the army, and does not station the naval army, so the 100,000 naval army under his command is poorly equipped and the quality of the personnel is extremely poor.

When he heard that Hengyu, the eastern general, was coming with 100,000 sailors, Qin Huai began to gather the generals of various departments to prepare for the battle, and chain the Yangtze River defense line with all the warships, and adopt a land defense strategy, in fact, such a defensive method has been used before, and Wang Xu has also used it, and Qin Huai is following suit this time.

If Wang Xu was here at this moment, he would definitely think of the Battle of Chibi in Chinese history, Cao Cao's 800,000 army was lost by Zhou Yu and returned defeated, and this time, Qin Huai was that Cao Cao, connecting all the warships.

At this time, if someone set a fire to the joint venture, it would immediately be burned to ashes, especially now that there are extremely flammable things such as oil and saltpeter, which can be built with a little proper use.

In fact, Qin Huai knows this very well, Wang Xu said such things at the beginning, but in order to hold the camp, he has no way, the Beijun Navy is really poor, and many of them can't even stand the shaking of the water warships, if they don't talk about the boats to be connected, then I'm afraid it will be in vain before the war starts.

As for whether the Eastern Capital Army will attack with fire, Qin Huai doesn't know, but it has been prepared for a long time, and he believes that even if the gas is on fire. He can also extinguish in the shortest possible time!

What worries Qin Huai the most is the firearms in the Eastern Capital, such as red-coated cannons, rifles, etc., which are not available to the Beijun soldiers. Once the war starts, I am afraid that I will immediately fall into disadvantage.

The battle was about to begin, and Qin Huai convened all the generals to discuss it.

Inside the cabin of a giant ship.

Qin Huai looked at everyone: "The enemy is less than a hundred miles away from us, and it is expected to arrive early tomorrow morning, so you should be prepared." Even if we fight to the death, we must block the enemy army. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Huai paused, and his eyes swept over the generals present: "If anyone dares to retreat from the enemy, or is afraid of the enemy, don't blame the general for engaging in military law!" ”

"General, how can we stop the Eastern Capital Army."

Suddenly, a general arched his hand.

As soon as these words came out, there was another person next to him: "The Eastern Capital Army has artillery in land warfare, and there are red-coated cannons in water warfare." And the Eastern Capital Army has always been the most elite in water warfare, and we... I'm afraid it's hard to be an enemy. ”

......

"You guys..."

Qin Huai has a little hatred that iron is not steel, this has not yet been fought, he is already scared like this, if he really starts a war, and encounters the bombardment of the enemy's red-coated artillery, he will not immediately disarm and surrender?

"You all listen to me, as a soldier, you must have backbone, and the most ruthless thing in my Qin Huai is the one who retreats from the enemy!"

Qin Huai said: "This battle." It's about the life and death of my northern county, I don't allow any of you to retreat, otherwise, behead! "The words came out. All the generals present shrank their necks.

"General, I wonder when the reinforcements from the Holy Dynasty will arrive?"

The first general on Qin Huai's right asked, this person's name is Li An, he is Qin Huai's fellow countryman, and the relationship between the two has always been good.

"Ang Lee, we can't say that all our hopes are pinned on others. If you want to defend the camp, or even defend the northern county, you must rely on yourself! ”

Qin Huai took a deep breath: "Although it is a friendly army, but Lao Tzu is defending this friendly army, what Wang Xu is thinking in his heart, none of us know, whether he came to Beijun to take Beijun or help Beijun, it is not clear, if you want to defeat the enemy, you can only improve yourself!" ”

"Yes." Li An arched his hand: "What the general said is extremely true. ”

Qin Huai looked at the map carefully, and then pointed to a sea area on the map with his right hand: "This location is the shallowest place in the entire Yangtze River, and it has always been supported by scorched earth, if we can introduce the enemy into this position, or force into that position, our chances of victory will be greatly increased." ”

"What does the general mean to take the initiative?"

Li An worried: "Most of the soldiers in our department are foot soldiers, they were selected from Kyoto, not to mention water warfare, even if it is a land battle, it is extremely weak, it is difficult to fight against people, the general has to take the initiative to send troops, I am afraid..." ”

"What's the panic? Did Ben say he was going to take the initiative? ”

Qin Huai said: "Li An, I will order you to lead 80,000 sailors to garrison the camp, and you are not allowed to retreat no matter what the situation is, can you do it?" ”

"The last general commands!"

Ang Lee arched his hand; But it instantly reacted again: "General, what about you?" ”

Li An put away the map: "As for me, I personally led 20,000 sailors to meet Hengyu for a while, I have long heard that Hengyu is the general of the navy in the eastern capital, and it is worth fighting with him!" ”

"General, you can't come to the enemy with 100,000 people, and you lead 20,000 people to fight, how can you win?"

Li An was shocked, and the rest of the generals also persuaded each other, however, Qin Huai had already made up his mind, and he couldn't listen to the slightest dissuasion.

"Okay, don't talk about it, you just need to do your part, as long as you don't abandon the camp and escape, General Ben will thank you."

Qin Huai waved his hand: "Let's all go down, let's prepare for war!" ”

"No."

...............

The next day, the weather was gloomy and a precursor to a storm.

Qin Huai personally selected 20,000 sailors, set off on five giant ships, and headed east.

As early as last night, Qin Huai had planned the battle strategy with Heng Yu, Heng Yu came here, almost all of them were small ships, but he did the opposite, using all giant ships, although giant ships are not as flexible as small ships, but fortunately, they are strong, compared to the two, giant ships are bigger left and right.

Just imagine, if Qin Huai still uses a small boat to fight, then the battle is not started, it is to fall into the downwind, the small boat is flexible, but the enemy uses a small boat, so that the marching speed of the two armies is the same, if you can't win and run away, Qin Huai's army is driving in the opposite direction, and it will definitely be caught up.

So, thinking about it, Qin Huai used the largest giant ship!

Five big boats, each carrying 5,000 people, went down the river mightily, and Qin Huai personally sat in the middle of the big boat, looking at the farthest place with a telescope.

After driving forward for about three hours, Qin Huai suddenly saw the flag of the Eastern Capital Army from the telescope, the big flag of the word "Heng" was planted all over the enemy ships, the waves rolled up layer by layer, on the empty Yangtze River, countless warships sailed by, and from a distance, the Yangtze River was no longer the Yangtze River, but the sea and land! (To be continued.) )