The three main generals of the Central Plains Army, Wu Qi, Wei Wuji, and Cao Ren, came to see Chutian.

Cao Ren's fighting spirit was high, while Wu Qi and Wei Wuji looked calm, and they didn't seem to be so fanatical about drinking horses and the Yangtze River.

The Central Plains Army also had generals such as Pang Juan, Cao Hong, Xiahoudun, and Li Dian.

The legions that went south to attack Wancheng, Xinye, and Xiangfan came from the Central Plains Army and the Praetorian Guard.

The Central Plains is the Central Plains in a narrow sense, and the scope of control includes more than a dozen counties in Yuzhou and Yanzhou.

Wu Qi spread out a map on the desk.

"To attack Wancheng, you must pass through Fangcheng Xia Road, Guo Ziyi stationed 80,000 troops in Bowangpo, trying to contain Wang Shi."

"If Guo Ziyi is repelled and Wancheng is besieged, Wancheng will be guarded by Zhang Xun, and Wancheng will be strengthened by it for many years, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If it can't be attacked urgently, it will bypass Wancheng, capture Xinye, and intercept the Song army and Wu army that support Wancheng. ”

Wu Qi charted the offensive route on the topographic map.

Nanyang County is a large county, with a population of several million, and it can recruit troops to hold on, but it can get 200,000 soldiers, and it is said that Tang is a big prince.

The Central Plains Army was 300,000 and the Praetorian Guard Army was 600,000, so there were enough troops to implement Wu Qi's attack plan.

If you really can't defeat Wancheng, which Zhang Xun is defending, then you can besiege Wancheng with part of your troops, and the rest of your troops will bypass Wancheng and attack Xinye.

And then......

"Upgrade Xinye to a large city, open the teleportation array, directly bypass Wancheng to transport troops, grain and grass, and enter Xiangfan. Wancheng has become an isolated city, once the grain and grass are exhausted, or Fancheng is captured, Wancheng will inevitably surrender to us. ”

Wu Qi's tactics are similar to the frog jumping tactic, for cities that cannot be captured quickly, then they can be avoided, attack other strategically important cities, and then turn back to attack.

It's a possible way to go.

But......

As a commander in the Warring States period, Wu Qi may not have a deep understanding of the power of firearms.

Chutian has Hongyi cannons here, as well as an eighth-level firearms battalion, and in a year, it has accumulated nearly 1,000 solid bullets.

The Hongyi cannon is not only used to scare the cavalry, but also to siege the city, and the power of the Hongyi cannon is more terrifying than that of the trebuchet.

If Chu Tian is determined to attack a city, even if the other party has a top defender and a strong city, Chu Tian can use 24 Hongyi cannons, plus more than hundreds of giant trebuchets and giant siege towers, to levy a million troops and attack the city day and night to capture it.

It's just that Chutian has to see if the price paid is directly proportional to the benefits obtained.

Chu Tian wants to see if it is the famous general Zhang Xun who guards the city, or his own Hongyi cannon.

"The king of Song has hoarded heavy troops in Xiangyang and Fancheng, and the king of Wu has released the captured Han Shizhong and other generals, and Han Shizhong and others have returned to Xiangyang. Garrisoned in Xinye were Cai Mao, Liu Pan and Huang Zhong, with a strength of about 70,000 troops. ”

Xue Yue, who was in charge of intelligence, appeared in the camp tent at this time and participated in the formulation of tactics.

Xueyue rarely appears in front of everyone, but she is actually one of the important high-level leaders of Chutian's forces, but she usually walks at night in brocade clothes, so she rarely shows her head.

"In order to deal with me, King Wu Tongque even tolerated King Song's seizure of Nanjun and released the captured generals, he is a strong enemy."

Chu Tian rarely paid attention to the player lord of the Bronze Sparrow, and his limelight was suppressed by Chu Tian, Lao Qin, and Ming Guan, but carefully observing the experience of the rise of the Bronze Sparrow, he was also a very remarkable figure.

In the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Tongque tried every means to worship Sun Jian as a righteous brother, and as the Taishou of Lujiang, he led the soldiers and horses of Lujiang County to Jiangdong to the south, captured the land of Jiangdong, and pacified Baiyue.

Attack Yang Shilang, the king of Song, again, occupy Jiangxia County, divide Jingzhou into two, annex Jingnan, and force Yang Shilang to become a vassal.

If it weren't for the too much pressure brought by Chu Tian, maybe Tongque would not have made peace with Yang Shilang.

Peace talks with Yang Shilang were no less than a strong man's broken wrist, and Tongque failed to completely unify Jingzhou and Yangzhou, but it put pressure on Chutian.

Tongque did not push Yang Shilang to the Chutian camp, so that Yang Shilang always thought that there was still a chance to compete for the world.

After all, Liu Bei was almost at the point of defecting to Sun Quan, and he could rely on the Battle of Chibi to turn over the salted fish.

Now Yang Shilang still has the entire Nanjun, and the two big cities of Xiangyang and Jiangling are still in the hands of Yang Shilang.

Tongque even returned half of Jiangxia County to Yang Shilang in order to win over Yang Shilang.

From this point of view, it is conceivable that the bronze finch is not so simple.

Sun Jian's relationship with Chutian has also been very bad recently.

Sun Jian thought that Chu Tian had violated the original marriage agreement, and Chu Tian didn't know what to do with the agreement with Sun Jian.

This is where the disadvantage of political marriages lies, and there will always be all sorts of unexpected contradictions.

"Order, Cao Cao of the Hebei Army, prepare to go south. He may need to support JAC. ”

When Chu Tian was conquering Nanyang County, what he was worried about was Jianghuai.

The military general who had been attacking Hefei in the past was Sun Jian, and now that Tongque has ended the war with Jingzhou, it is very likely that he will personally conquer Hefei, or even bypass Hefei, which Yue Fei guarded, and attack Guangling County.

Yue Fei's Jianghuai army came from Jiujiang County, Guangling County, Runan County, about 200,000 troops, facing the Jiangdong army that poured out, two fists were invincible to four hands, if Yue Fei was surrounded in Hefei City, the Jiangdong army might choose to avoid Yue Fei.

Therefore, Chutian ordered Cao Cao to prepare to go south to support.

"So, that's how it will be arranged."

Chu Tian roughly agreed with Wu Qi's plan.

In this crusade against Nanyang County, there are four important cities to capture, Wancheng, Xinye, Fancheng, and Xiangyang.

"Tomorrow the camp will be pulled, and Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Xiahoudun will serve as the vanguard."

After Chutian firmly eliminated the princes of Nanyang County, he officially sent 900,000 troops to the south.

Chu Tian thought of the Heavenly King Fu Jian of the former Qin at this time.

In the battle of Weishui, Fu Jian sent more than 800,000 troops south to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and was defeated by 80,000 Beifu troops Fu Jian's vanguard of 200,000, and the rest of the former Qin soldiers and horses, heard that the former army was defeated, and they were all defeated and retreated.

The 900,000 army also faced a problem, that is, there were few battlefields that could accommodate such a large number of troops, and even the roads would be trampled by the 900,000 army......

Nine times out of ten, the enemy will not choose to fight a decisive battle with an army of 900,000 in the open plains.

Therefore, the actual battlefield may be a collision between the vanguard forces.

"Tai Shici, you lead the cowardly Xue army and go to help."

Chu Tian sent the cowardly Xue army among the Iron Cavalry Legions of the Praetorian Guard, and went south with Cao Ren and Cao Hong's Iron Wall Legions as the vanguard.

"Yes."

Tai Shici turned over and got on his horse, carrying a longbow on his back.

Cao Ren and Cao Hong glanced at each other and got on their horses.

Every military general is eager to make meritorious contributions, and this battle to pacify Jingzhou is the only opportunity for them to make meritorious contributions.

The one-eyed Xiahoudun followed them into battle.

This legion, with about 100,000 men, is already more powerful than Guo Ziyi, who is stationed in Bowangpo.