At the end of the seventeenth year of Jian'an, Yangzhou was still the same and did not change the climate because of last year's severe cold, but Qiao Ren, who was in the Hefei Bureau, was cold, like entering an ice cellar.

"Zitong, Cao Jun has been in Shouchun for more than a month, why don't you see any reaction?"

Jiang Ji was also puzzled by this, but fortunately, he was a native of Chu Guoping, that is, a local near Shouchun, and he knew the local situation very well, and said: "The governor of the capital doesn't know why Cao Ying is in Shouchun this time and stops. However, in Ji's humble opinion, the Cao army's 100,000 troops stationed in Shouchun are tantamount to a sharp sword hanging above their heads for our officers and soldiers, which makes our soldiers panic. The minister thought that our army should take the initiative to attack, but seek a small victory to calm the army's heart. ”

Qiao Ren also nodded when he heard this, it was true. Cao Ying's 100,000-strong army did cause great psychological pressure on the Wu army on the front line of Hefei Lujiang, and I am afraid that it will damage morale in the long run. And those who are good at defending the city "can't just defend without attacking, but "defending and attacking", so Qiao Ren thought about it again and again and decided to strike first.

"Zitong, you have been in Huainan for a long time, can you know if you can enter Shaobei along the fertilizer?" Qiao Ren asked.

Jiang Ji recalled for a while and said: "Back to the Governor of Dadu, four years ago, Cao Ying welcomed the Xuzhou Navy into Chaohu Lake, and at the same time, in order to irrigate Huainan, he renovated Shaobi and expanded the fertilizer water at the same time. The water army of our army can go straight to the fat water. ”

"Good!!"

Jiang Ji saw Qiao Ren applauding violently, so he didn't know for a while, so he asked, "The Metropolitan Governor has a plan!" ”

"This governor, it has been decided to lead the Susu army into Feishui, and then send Xu Sheng's troops to the north, and advance by land and water to attract Cao Hongbu, the vanguard of the Cao army, and eat these 5,000 men and horses first."

Qiao Ren's arrangement is for a reason, the Wu army captured more than 1,000 horses in Hefei War, so Qiao Ren's personal cavalry changed horses, and the eliminated Central Plains horses and other horses were partly given to Xu Sheng, and part of them were given to Gan Ning, for no other reason, Xu Sheng's troops mostly came from his uncle Xu Kun, Xu Kun went to Xiliang with Sun Jian to fight the Qiang people, and many of his soldiers were extraordinary, but due to the lack of horses in Jiangdong, a group of cavalry became infantry, Therefore, after Qiao Ren won the horses, he gave these horses to Xu Sheng and asked him to form a cavalry of 1,000 people. And the Ganning Department, the eight hundred Jinfan under him are all-round special forces, and riding a horse is just a trivial matter.

The biggest reason for the simultaneous advance of land and water is that in the Han Dynasty or the Three Kingdoms era, there was no concept of coordinated operations on land and water, because even the long-range weapons used by the building ships were only bows and arrows, which could not assist the infantry in combat, but now the naval army in Jiangdong is different, and the long-range strike capability of the building ship with the bed crossbow has undergone earth-shaking changes, and it is no longer difficult to cooperate with the infantry to fight, just like the US army in World War II in later generations, which can call for sea support at any time, and Cao Hong's vanguard troops are stationed at the mouth of the fertilizer water into Shaobei, also gave Qiao Ren the opportunity to try new tactics.

With Jiang Ji's mind, he understood Qiao Ren's thoughts almost instantly, and it was only last month that Qiao Ren expounded his concept of coordinated operations by land and water, "The Metropolitan Governor wants to try a new tactic!" ”

"You! It's clever and annoying! ”

As soon as Qiao Ren gave the order, tens of thousands of soldiers moved, and this kind of feeling of responding to a hundred calls may be the feeling of being in power.

In order to attract Cao Hongjun, Xu Sheng's more than 5,000 troops did not go up on a boat, but walked and did not approach the river line. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once built a large ship of Yuzhang that could carry 10,000 people, and the palace room was set up on the ship. Although the naval army of Soochow would not be able to make such an impractical building ship, it could still accommodate about 3,000 soldiers on an ordinary big ship. But the water army, the overall number is only about 10,000 people, there are ten fighting ships that are not guarded, walking, shipping, etc., 10,000 people can not be fully loaded at all, this coordinated operation, the five large building ships at the mouth of the water are dispatched, and there are countless ships, which directly leads to the building ship in addition to the soldiers who drive the ship and the soldiers who make bed crossbows, there are basically no guards on the ship, of course, this also provides help for Xu Sheng's retreat, after the first battle, Xu Sheng's people even loaded away with a few boats with men and horses.

"Brother Wen Xiang, it is said that Cao Hong is Cao Ying's cousin, what do you say Cao Ying will react to if he dies at our hands?" A general with a feather on his head and a bell hanging from his waist said.

Xu Sheng rolled his eyes helplessly, for this general who forcibly joined directly with the personal guard cavalry, Xu Sheng was not an opponent at all, "Brother Xingba, Cao Hongguan worships the general of Duhu, and his position is not low, if he is killed, I am afraid that Cao Ying will be so angry that he will vomit blood!" ”

"Haha! What a picture! ”

Hearing this, Xu Sheng rolled his eyes helplessly, both of them are scheming generals, but they like to hide their scheming, the difference is that Gan Ning likes to whitewash himself very rudely, while Xu Sheng always pretends to be ignorant, the two of them walk together, it is really strange.

"That's right, Brother Xingba. You are familiar with the tactics of the naval army, although the governor of the capital asked me to wait for the water and land to fight together this time, but I don't know the essentials, and I have to ask Brother Xingba. ”

Gan Ning actually doesn't know much about what is water and land coordination, but he is already proficient in foot warfare, cavalry warfare, mountain warfare and water warfare, and he can touch the threshold if he thinks about it carefully, "The range of the bed crossbow can reach 650 (about 1500 meters), and the range is more than 20 times that of ordinary bows and arrows, and it often requires dozens of people to turn the axle to pull it apart, and it needs to be beaten with a golden gourd hammer, so the lord also sent hundreds of cars of tiger warriors to wet the beard." But it is not without its advantages to use such a complex operation, the bed crossbow is very powerful, as long as it is within the range of fire, no one can live if the arrow is hit. On the top of our army's building ship, there are five to ten bed crossbows on the side of each of the three floors above, and only the side of the battle is used to meet the enemy, and before the enemy advances, the enemy's formation or ship can be destroyed, and the end is very powerful. ”

Gan Ning swallowed his thirsty lips, Xu Sheng quickly sent out a pot of water, Gan Ning slowly poured a few sips, and continued: "According to my expectations, the water and land of the governor will fight together, and it is estimated that the infantry will be carried back to the water and the cavalry will be on both wings, and the boats and boats will be across the river to attract the enemy to attack, and the powerful pressure of the bed crossbow will crush the enemy's formation, and then the cavalry will cover the killing. ”

I have to say that Gan Ning is worthy of a generation of famous generals, and he has understood the essence of water and land synergy in just a few words.

"I see!"

At this moment, a scout came to the dust. "General, Cao Hong, the vanguard of the enemy army, learned that 5,000 soldiers of our army had arrived and led his troops to come."

"Good!" Xu Sheng shouted hello, no one expected Cao Hong to be so reckless, and he led the troops to kill the generals on a rampage without even finding out the information.

Gan Ning also sneered: "There are brave and unscrupulous generals, Wen Xiang might as well try the newly developed chariot of the Metropolitan Governor." ”

"Good!" Xu Sheng also wanted to try it. He has seen the power of the ballista with his own eyes, and this new type of weapon that only needs two people to work and can be converted 360 degrees without dead ends, everyone will have a curiosity.

"Array! The chariot is in front, and the bows and crossbows are arranged in the first three sections, and each chariot is lined up with spearmen and spearmen, and the sword and shield men are guarded. Brother Xingba also asked you to lead the cavalry to stand by in two columns. ”

Gan Ning also knew in his heart that he was also a general who was proficient in cavalry in Eastern Wu, and he was the only one who was most suitable to lead the cavalry around, and he himself liked this kind of work.

"Good!"

Swish! For a while, there was a metallic sound of armor striking each other in the Wu army brigade, and the soldiers of Jiangdong quickly but not chaotically arranged the queue and lined up according to the requirements of the boos. When Qiao Ren was in charge of the army, he attached great importance to the army's battle formation training, and used Sun Bin to train soldiers in eight formations.

In less than two quarters of an hour, the entire large array was converted, just waiting for Cao Hong to come and send him to death.

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