Guo Ye's marching route was really as Shi Dakai expected, and went straight down the Huai River. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In order to be able to smoothly carry all the weapons, ammunition, food, baggage, and nearly 30,000 troops, Guo Ye requisitioned the ships in the Yingzhou and Fengtai areas in one go, and nearly 1,000 large and small ships, marched towards Huainan in a mighty way.

On the big ship, Zuo's precious brow has not been stretched, although the march on the Huai River avoids the suffering of the big army, and can reach Huainan in the shortest possible time, which is more than half the time taken to march by land, but it is not without drawbacks.

"Ming Shuai, are you taking too much risk by doing this?"

Guo Ye smiled: "Oh, Brother Guanting, if you have any worries in your heart, just say it." ”

"Ming Shuai, our army all rely on the Huai River to march, thousands of ships, on the Huai River sent such a large array, the fleet alone has extended three or four miles, if the Taiping army on both sides of the river, with artillery to hit us, we are dry eyes without any temper, now the artillery is all loaded into the big ship, can not cope with the battle at all, even if it can be fought, on the big ship, swaying from side to side, it is difficult to aim, and once hit by the artillery, the big ship sinks, We're all in the middle of our artillery......"

Guo Ye nodded and replied: "Yes, Brother Guan Ting, your worries are not unreasonable, Shi Dakai is a generation of famous generals, naturally he can imagine that we will take the waterway, and he will definitely make corresponding arrangements, however, from the time he discovers our whereabouts, to the time when he makes the deployment and the ambush is in place, this time is not short, and we can reach the ...... of Huainan before the Taiping army is deployed."

"But!"

Zuo Guigui said urgently: "Ming Shuai, we are completely deep behind the enemy, all the surrounding areas of Huainan are under the control of the Taiping Army, 30,000 troops, how can we guarantee our baggage?" Grain and grass can be raised on the spot, but what about weapons and ammunition? ”

Guo Ye smiled: "Ammunition? This Guanting brother should know better than me, you have retreated all the way from southern Jiangsu to northern Jiangsu, and the entire northern Jiangsu is still under our control, we can use the Grand Canal to directly transport weapons and ammunition over, is it not much more convenient than us to detour to Henan? ”

Belch......

Zuo Guigui suddenly realized, this guy's idea is different from others, we are still thinking about how to ensure logistics supply, he has solved the problem that can only be blamed in the future......

Guo Ye stretched out his hand and pulled over the map and said, "Brother Guanting, your concern is not unreasonable, but why should we fall into the trap of the Taiping Army?" The Taiping army wants to arrange artillery on both sides of the Huai River, it takes time, and choosing where to ambush is also a problem, our fleet is too long, hit the front, we can attack at any time in the back, hit the back, we can turn around and land in front of the opponent to fight fiercely, the place they can choose must be a vast area of water, and after our entire fleet is loaded in, we will launch an attack, so that we can receive miraculous results. If you look at this map, where should they be ambushing? ”

Zuo Guigui walked to the table and said in a deep voice: "From us to Huainan, there is still a distance of more than a hundred miles, on this distance of more than a hundred miles, there are a total of three small lakes for ambush, but the latter two are seventy miles away from Huainan, it is impossible for the Taiping army to pull their artillery battalion here in a short time, and even if they come, once a war breaks out in Huainan, they will not be able to quickly return to help, here, the front lake here, only more than thirty miles away from Huainan Fucheng, should be the best location......"

Guo Ye nodded and replied: "Yes, Qianhu, Qianhu is about a hundred miles away from us, and it is almost thirty miles away from Huainan Mansion, this is definitely the best place for them to start, but why should we take the bait?" Hehe, aren't we going to run away halfway? ”

Zuo Guigui's eyes lit up, and Gao Qi on the side asked, "Big brother, do you want the golden cicada to come out of its shell......"

"Yes, it's the golden cicada that is out of its shell!"

Guo Ye praised Gao Qi in a rare way, and said: "We just want to find an opportunity when we are about to arrive at Qianhu, the golden cicada will come out of its shell, and raid the camp of the Taiping army before the Taiping army reacts!" It's hard to say who killed the deer this time......"

Zuo Guigui muttered: "Ming Shuai, this method is not bad, but the Huai River is the sphere of influence of the Taiping Army, and the eyeliner is dense, how can we get out of the shell?" I'm afraid that before we can go ashore, the Taiping army has already detected the information......"

Guo Ye smiled: "Yes, this requires us to deploy well, order the fleet to control the speed of the march, and ensure that our fleet arrives on the west side of the front lake in the middle of the night; In addition, a reconnaissance company was dispatched to control all the scouts along the Huai River, and no one was spared; Finally, there is the place where we land, it must be a place with deep water and dense grass, which can not only block our movements, but also allow us to land quickly and easily, this location, we are a little tricky......"

Gao Qi grinned and said: "Big brother, you have been confused for a while, you and I have never been to Anhui, it doesn't mean that our soldiers don't have it, when Ding Ruchang's kid followed the bandits, but he didn't mix in this area, but all the brothers under him are in our army, and those Taiping Army soldiers, aren't our few reliable ones coming over as guides?" ”

Guo Ye patted his head, yes, this question reminded Gao Qi of himself, there are many people in the army who are familiar with the terrain here, just ask clearly?

Seeing that Gao Qi was still smirking on the side, Guo Ye said angrily: "What are you doing in a daze?" You've said it yourself, why don't you hurry up and call some troops over and let them find a good place for us? We're running out of time! ”

Gao Qi hurriedly ran down, and after a short time, he brought seven or eight surrendered soldiers, including Ding Ruchang's little brother, company commander Lu Han.

"Lu Han, tell me, on the Huai River, near the Qianhu Lake, where can our fleet land without being discovered by the Taiping army?"

Lu Han hesitated for a moment and replied, "My lord, when you land in broad daylight, where is there a reason not to be discovered......

Gao Qi said angrily: "You stupid, won't we land in the middle of the night?" Hurry up and see if there are any options available? ”

Lu Han smiled, didn't care, and replied: "My lord, you are the right person, brother, I used to be a water bandit on the Huai River, and I did business on the river at the age of thirteen, this water area couldn't be clearer, five miles away from the west side of the lake, Qinglongtou, the water here is deep, the reeds are dense, there is more than one person high, and it can completely hide the ...... of the tracks" (to be continued.) )