As far as the eye can see, the breeze whips against the reef and the shore, and a large fleet of ships is cleaving the waves and sailing north under the clear blue sky.

This is the Han army fleet from the mouth of the Yangtze River, composed of 600 large ships of more than 2,000 stones, the hull is very strong, can resist the waves of the near sea, the fleet is full of 30,000 elite Han troops, all the way to the north.

At this time, the Central Plains War was in the confrontation stage, Cao Ren could no longer withdraw to Xuzhou, and the Han army had not launched an attack on Cao's army for a long time.

After recovering Jiaozhou with a strange army, the Han army tasted the sweetness of the sea attack, this time in order to win the victory of the Central Plains War, Liu Jing did not hesitate to use the navy again, he hoped that the navy could play the role of a surprise soldier.

After last year's sea attack, the Han army had accumulated some experience, and it was relatively easy to take the sea route again for the second time, but despite this, the Han army still made a lot of preparations.

At the beginning of spring, Gan Ning sent two advance fleets to explore the sea route along the northern coast, after several months of three voyages, the Han army has basically determined the route, just when the Han army and the Cao army confronted each other in the county, Gan Ning and Lu Xun led 30,000 Han troops to the north.

The first time the Han army marched north from the sea, there was no plan too far, did not consider attacking Hebei, but to seize Qingzhou, in this Central Plains War, Cao Pi had ordered Cao Xiu to lead 50,000 Qingzhou troops to Xuzhou, which made Qingzhou empty, so that Liu Jing saw the opportunity to seize Qingzhou.

Once the Han army captures Qingzhou, it will inevitably bring huge pressure to Xuzhou, then the balance of victory in the Central Plains War will completely fall to the Han army, which is Liu Jing's consistent style, and the prudence of the Central Plains will inevitably have strange soldiers on the periphery.

Six hundred warships in the blue waves of the near sea all the way to chop the waves, the fleet stretched for hundreds of miles, the sails were like clouds, the momentum was huge, in the front of a 4,000 stone building ship, Gan Ning held a halberd in his hand and stood on the side of the ship to look at the shore, staring at a black line of land in the distance.

Gan Ning's heart fluctuated, he had fought in the water all his life, and ten years ago, he could never have imagined that he would go to sea to fight and walk out of an unprecedented road.

"What are you thinking?" Sima Luxun slowly walked to Gan Ning's side and asked with a smile.

Gan Ning sighed slightly, "I feel that I am taking a road that no one has taken before, the Northern Expedition from the sea, for Cao Jun, this is probably a surprise attack that they can't imagine." ”

"I think Cao Cao may have been worried, after all, we have successfully attacked Jiaozhou in the south, how can Cao Cao not know? But even if they know, they can't guard against it, unless they have a naval army to intercept it, otherwise the initiative is still in our hands, and he can't always deploy all the elite soldiers and strong generals on the coast, which is really unrealistic. ”

Gan Ning nodded, and said with a smile: "Actually, I have also considered, why didn't the King of Han let us directly enter Hebei, Hebei is now empty of troops, we can sweep Hebei and kill all the way to Yedu, wouldn't the pressure on Cao Jun be greater?" ”

"This is the stability of His Royal Highness the King of Han, Cao Wei is not Jiaozhou, it is impossible to swallow it in one bite, it must be taken step by step, especially the Central Plains campaign is the most critical step to attack Cao Wei, once we take the Central Plains, Cao Wei will be gone, and the capture of Qingzhou will form a north-south echo trend."

As the two were talking, the lookout shouted from overhead: "Governor, I see a beacon fire ahead!" ”

Gan Ning and Lu Xun hurriedly looked north, and they also saw that a thin wisp of smoke appeared in the distance, which was the signal from their advance army, and they had finally arrived at their destination.

Gan Ning was overjoyed and ordered: "Issue the flag to the rear and prepare to enter the port!" ”

A soldier waved a flag to tell the ships behind to slow down, and at this time, Gan Ning's main ship also lowered its sails, slowed down, and headed for the sentry tower where the smoke was burning.

The Han army landed in a huge bay, known as today's Jiaozhou Bay, which was under the jurisdiction of Chengyang County, and the seaside in this area was basically deserted, with only a few fishermen living on the seaside.

But this does not mean that the government does not pay attention to the benefits of the sea, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Qi State made a profit by drying salt on the seaside, and during the Han Dynasty, the main source of Han salt was also the seaside, but the Qi State or the Han Dynasty, the salt farms operated by the government were mainly located in the Bohai Sea, and the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea were slowly developed after the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

This time the Han army's northern expedition also took into account the effect of surprise soldiers, so it did not go north to the Bohai Sea, but landed in Chengyang County, which was slightly sparsely populated, and the Han army went straight to Qingzhou, while the fleet continued to sail and joined the Han army at the mouth of the Yellow River.

As early as a few months ago, the Han advance team had built several guard towers on the hill at the entrance to the bay to guide the Han fleet, and as large ships sailed into the bay, this quiet natural harbor became lively.

The flotilla docked one after another, and the soldiers ran down from the warship, quickly set up tents in a wilderness, and after nearly half a month of sailing, the soldiers needed to rest on the shore.

Soon, thousands of tents appeared in the wilderness, and the Han soldiers carried thousands of sacks of grain from the boats, and after two days of rest, the Han army marched westward, each soldier carrying only ten days' dry rations, while the fleet continued north into the Bohai Sea, where it would join the Han soldiers at the mouth of the Yellow River.

At this time, the marquis of the advance team walked quickly to Gan Ning, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See the governor!" ”

"Good work."

Gan Ning comforted the military marquis for a few words, and then asked, "Is there anything going on?" ”

"Governor Qiyu, there is nothing abnormal, there are only some fishermen living in this area, and it belongs to the jurisdiction of Zhuangwu County, but the county seat is fifty miles away in the north, it is a very small county seat, and the government does not know that we are coming."

Gan Ning nodded, turned around and asked Lu Xun, "Does Lu Sima think we should leave now, or rest for two days before leaving?" ”

Lu Xun thought for a while and said: "The main force of the Qingzhou Army has gone to Xuzhou, the troops here are empty, we will definitely capture Qingzhou, in fact, there is no need to be too anxious, I will set off tomorrow." ”

Gan Ning also agreed with Lu Xun's construction, and immediately ordered: "Rest for a day, and the army will set off early tomorrow morning!" ”

In order to cooperate with the naval army to go north to Qingzhou, Liu Jing did not rush to a decisive battle with the main force of Cao's army, but patiently waited for the opportunity, on the other hand, the 30,000 troops led by Zhang Liao also crossed the Yellow River from Yanjin and entered Liang County.

Zhang Liao's army was originally to gallop south to aid Xuchang, but when crossing the Yellow River, it encountered the resistance of the Han army in Hanoi, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides, Zhang Liao defeated the Han army with superior forces and crossed the Yellow River on a raft, but at this time Xuchang had been lost, Zhang Liao's light troops went south, and there was no siege equipment, so he was temporarily stationed in Dongjun and waited for Cao Pi's order.

With more than 100,000 Han troops confronting the main force of Cao's army in Qiaojun, Zhang Liao also received Cao Pi's order to enter Liang County and prepare to participate in the Central Plains Campaign.

The time has come to this morning, Liu Jing in the escort of more than 1,000 cavalry, came to the city of Qiao County to inspect, there are currently 30,000 Cao troops in the county, commanded by the general Niu Jin, the two sides have been facing each other for nearly half a month, the defense of the city is gradually relaxed, and the soldiers on the city have become sparse.

When Liu Jing's team arrived at the city of Qiaoxian, a rapid alarm bell suddenly sounded at the head of the city, which made the Cao soldiers busy for a while, and groups of soldiers rushed to the city, swords rattling, looking nervously at the city.

Liu Jing immediately stood on a small hill and said to Zhao Yun next to him with a smile: "Their defense is so clear, if we sneak attack Qian County last night, maybe we will succeed." ”

Zhao Yun smiled bitterly and said: "After all, the confrontation has been going on for half a month, the weather is hot again, and it is normal for the Cao army to be lax in defense, but it is not a way to drag on like this, when is Your Highness going to fight a decisive battle with the Cao army?" ”

Liu Jing smiled, "I'm waiting for Zhang Liao's army to retreat north, and if Zhang Liao's army doesn't retreat, I'm not sure about this battle." ”

Zhao Yun was stunned, "Why does Your Highness think that Zhang Liaojun will retreat?" ”

The matter of Gan Ning's navy going north was extremely secretive, and even generals like Zhao Yun and Wen Ping didn't know about it, only Sima Yi and Pang Tong knew about it, so Liu Jing said to Sima Yi: "The military advisor might as well tell Sù Zilong the reason." ”

Sima Yi smiled slightly: "Governor Zhao may not know that the 30,000 naval army has gone north from the sea more than half a month ago, and General Gan Ning should have led the army into Qingzhou at this time, I believe there will be news in the next few days." ”

Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment, and then overjoyed, this matter was so secret, even he didn't know about it, but he didn't regret it, but more excited, he couldn't help but smile and said: "In this way, Cao Pi has to divide his troops and go north, unless he doesn't want Qingzhou, but this is impossible." ”

Zhao Yun suddenly hesitated again and said, "What if Cao Pi ordered Cao Xiu's army to rush back to Qingzhou?" ”

Liu Jing said lightly: "The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles, if Cao Xiu's army returns to Qingzhou, then what will happen to Xuzhou?" Who will keep him Cao Pi safe? The Battle of the Central Plains is important, but it is still a little worse than the importance of his own safety, and in Cao Pi's initial order, he did not plan to let Zhang Liao participate in the Battle of the Central Plains, he just didn't worry about the Youzhou Army garrisoning Yedu, and was worried that Cao Zhang would launch a coup d'état in Yedu, so he took the opportunity to let Zhang Liao take the Youzhou Army away from Yedu, so I concluded that Cao Pi must have let Zhang Liao aid Qingzhou in the north, and without the threat of Zhang Liao's army, I have nine points of certainty in this Central Plains Campaign. ”

Zhao Yun sighed for a while, "Your Highness has already seen Cao Pi through." ”

At this moment, a group of cavalry galloped in the distance, urged the horse to rush up the hill for the head of the army, said a few words to Liu Jing's guard, and was brought to Liu Jing, and the guard said: "Your Highness, there is news from Qingzhou!" ”

Liu Jing laughed, and when it came to Qingzhou, the news from Qingzhou came, so he asked, "Where is the news?" ”

Junhou presented an eagle letter to Liu Jing, Liu Jing took it and read it, and then smiled at Sima Yi and Zhao Yun: "Let's go back!" Prepare for a decisive battle with Cao Ren in the Central Plains. ”

Sima Yi and Zhao Yun glanced at each other, and Sima Yi asked anxiously, "Where is General Gan Ning?" ”

Liu Jing handed the eagle letter to Sima Yi, "He captured Linzi two days ago, and the counties of Qingzhou fell in the wind. ”

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