Sui, the eighth year of the emperor's reign, autumn.

Yang Jian took the King of Jin as the Shang Shu Order, coordinated all the troops and horses, took Gao Xi as the marshal for a long time, decided to march and strategize, and led 80 commanders and 500,000 soldiers to march south.

The Sui army was divided into two divisions and eight routes, the king of Qin commanded three roads, to the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the king of Jin commanded five roads, and the troops entered the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

On this day, Gu Cheng stood at Guangling Wharf and looked at the turbulent river.

In this era, the Yangtze River moat is indeed difficult to overcome.

Since ancient times, from the north to the south, water battles have been a big problem, not to mention anything else, the battle of Chibi is the most tragic example of the north.

Fortunately, Yang Jian planned and then moved, as early as the year of the emperor, that is, the first year of the emperor, he began to plan unification.

Until today, after eight years of preparation, we are united and united, and we are about to complete our work.

Of course, Guangling is too close to Jiankang, that is, Yangzhou to Nanjing in later generations, in order to protect the capital, nearly half of Nanchen's naval army was transferred to guard, and the next hard battle is inevitable.

However, when he went to the army to fight, Gu Cheng's eyes were like lightning at this time, looking at the foreign objects floating on the river, and the corners of his mouth were raised.

It was the waste used by Yang Su to build the Wuya warship in Padang County, which was deliberately thrown on the river and shown to Chen Jun for deterrence, and he also ordered someone to bring it.

Chen Jun's fighting spirit was already low, and he was even more frightened when he saw the Sui army building ships day and night.

There are also sensible people in the Chen Dynasty, and they propose that this is a trick to intimidate, and the wonderful thing is that the Sui Dynasty sent the detailed works of the past are also widely spread among the Chen army, and the Sui army has no warships at all, which is a bluff.

As a result, Commander Chen, who was already afraid of war, breathed a sigh of relief, and a tight string was broken, and he was relaxed to the extreme.

Grass and trees are all soldiers, disdainful, all extreme, do not move a soldier, will break the enemy's morale, such a tactic, called a famous general.

"Your Highness, the old ship has been prepared, moored in the small river, Chen Jun's spies are coming, give them the last heart! haha!"

Amidst the laughter, a general walked over and stood beside Gu Cheng with a big grin.

This person's face is like iron casting, his face is full of wind and frost, his cheekbones are raised, his eyebrows and eyes are raised, although he is middle-aged, he has a kind of young flying, and his eyes seem to have a kind of condescending arrogance.

Seeing Gu Cheng bowing slightly, he said in an accentuated tone: "In February this year, the minister collected dilapidated ships and hid them nearby, and now they are in use, just wait for Chen Jun to find out our 'virtual reality', sit back and relax, and then you can go out of Guangling to the south and destroy the enemy in one fell swoop!"

Gu Cheng smiled in his heart.

This general's name is He Ruobi (bì), and the intention emphasized at this time is that the tactics of confusing the enemy have long existed, and it is by no means inspired by listening to Gu Cheng's previous words.

This is for fear that the credit will be robbed.

is also not going to be an official to the extreme.

In fact, according to his ability, He Ruobi is among the courtiers, with civil and military talents, unsurpassed, but his emotional intelligence is also the lowest, and he often speaks disrespectfully, almost offending his colleagues.

This problem should not be reasonable, He Ruobi's father was killed because of his mouth, and before he died, he used a sharp awl to stab his tongue violently, which was the ring of the tongue, that is, to warn his son to be cautious in his words and deeds to prevent disasters from coming out of his mouth.

It's a pity that the nature of the country is easy to change, He Ruobi was honest for a while, and he began to offend people everywhere, Yang Jian endured it many times, but in the end he couldn't stand it, and demoted him to a commoner, and when Yang Guang ascended the throne, he first used it, and then found an excuse to kill him.

In this regard, Gu Cheng has a trick: "General He is very heroic, and he is talented, and he is really extraordinary!"

"Haha, Your Highness is right, I only have a little talent!"

"Report!"

He Ruobi was happy to hear this, and at this moment, the guard stepped forward and whispered something, he was even more happy, and raised his big hand: "Go!"

Gu Cheng's five senses opened early, and he clearly heard the guards say: "The Qingxiang Chamber of Commerce sent an envoy to see the general to discuss the sale of the ship!"

As soon as his mind moved, he took a step forward and walked with He Ruobi.

"Your Highness is going too?"

He Ruobi was surprised and stopped: "The generation of businessmen, traitors and greedy for profits, why should Your Highness deign to be noble?

It was obviously a well-intentioned advice, but he didn't like it, Gu Cheng didn't think about it: "The right should be insightful, I want to see how unpopular Lord Chen is, so that the rich businessman will take a big risk and betray the country in the face of war!"

There are few ships in the north, there are many water wars in the south, and there are all kinds of materials for the warships.

Of course, this is not only to grab huge profits, but also to take refuge, and the contact must not be a one-time effort, at this critical moment, no wonder He Ruobi will be overjoyed.

"Your Highness, please!"

He Ruobi returned to the marshal's mansion, sat down with a golden sword, and waved his hand: "Bring someone in!"

Soon after, escorted by a team of strong and capable guards, a hooded man was brought in.

The hood was taken off, revealing a fat face, rich and oily, and after snorting and panting, he put on a flattering smile and bowed down: "Villain Anlong, I've seen the general!"

He Ruobi didn't let him stand up at all, so he asked: "There are 100 warships, have they been prepared?"

The warship that He Ruobi wants to buy is not an ordinary cargo, named Mengchong, narrow and long outside, strong mobility, the battle of Chibi East Wu used it to ignite, rushed wildly, and completely ignited Cao Wei's fleet, and later in the Southern Song Dynasty's battle of Quarry Rock, it also shined.

In the battle to destroy Chen, if you can get a hundred Mengchong warships to join, it will definitely be a huge help.

However, An Long actually said: "Tell the general, a hundred ships have been prepared, and we can send another hundred ships to congratulate the Heavenly Army!"

"Oh?"

He Ruobi's eyes were full of power, and he looked straight at An Long: "Where did those hundred ships come from?"

An Long took out the letter from his sleeve and presented it with both hands: "It's the master of the Great River, and I ask the small one to dedicate it to the general!"

He Ruobi stretched out his hand, took the letter, and read it.

The Great River Society belongs to the four gangs and five associations, and the gangs in this world are extremely powerful, each of them is huge, and the gang is formed, trained in formation, and can deal with the regular army.

In the original late Sui period, these gangs even expelled the government and occupied a single place, as if they were a party of princes, and their forces were divided.

This is much more powerful than the low-martial world of the gold system.

Now that the north is unified by Yang Jian, the country is rich and the people are strong, and the forces of the rivers and lakes are temporarily dormant, and they dare not anger Tianyan.

But the land of the Chen Dynasty has been in chaos for a long time, and it is absolutely possible that the Great River Society will be able to get a hundred warships.

After looking at it carefully a few times, He Ruobi subconsciously rubbed his fingers, and a happy color finally appeared on his face.

If he can get two hundred Mengchong warships, then even if the Chen army is prepared and has high morale, he will have the confidence to fight against it!

"Okay! When Chen Dasheng is destroyed, I won't treat you badly, step down!"

"Thank you, General, thank you, General!"

An Long showed gratitude, bowed back, but at this moment, an indifferent voice suddenly sounded:

"Wait!"