According to the Privy Council's plan, the timing of the attack on Yangzhou and Chuzhou should be basically the same, that is, neither Chuzhou nor Yangzhou would have time to react too much, so this offensive would be more sudden and fierce than ever.

Relying solely on the strong attack of the Huaiyou Army on land, Kou Wenli did not think that he could achieve the expected goal at once, but with the support of the naval army, he could completely block the river surface of Yangzhou and prevent the main force of the Wu army from withdrawing from Runzhou to return to the division, which was very important, as long as this was achieved, Yangzhou would inevitably fall into the hands of Xuzhou.

The key is to solve the Wu army.

The water thieves of Baima Lake and Fanliang Lake stormed Gaoyou as a trap to attract the Wu State Navy to reinforce Gaoyou, and these "water thieves" will make the Wu State Water Army realize that the "water thieves" are extraordinary, and they still look at people with old eyes, which will make them pay a heavy price, and this price is even too heavy for them to bear.

Of course, the Chaohu Navy also took on the heavy responsibility, to face the remaining Wu State Navy on the river, thinking of this, Kou Wenli couldn't help but be excited, to be able to have a head-to-head battle with the Wu State Navy who has always dominated the river, this is the expectation of every Navy soldier.

Unlike Kou Wenli's excitement, Mei was reading in the flagship's room at this time.

This battle is extremely important for Xuzhou to completely consolidate its position in Huainan and whether Xuzhou can truly dominate Jiangnan in the future, but in Mei's view, there may be some ups and downs, but the overall situation will not change.

Starting from the Shouzhou Water Army, he is too aware of the changes in the pattern of the water army in recent years, and the growth and development of the Huaiyou Water Army is almost on the basis of the Shouzhou Water Army step by step.

However, after Jiang Feng took control of Shouzhou, the changes brought to the Shouzhou Navy, that is, the Huaiyou Navy, were huge, and the change and innovation of sail types made the warships of the Huaiyou Navy's military ships ahead of the times for the first time.

Although the number of sailors has increased greatly, and the complexity of maneuvering has also increased a lot, the warships of the Huaiyou Navy are not comparable in terms of sailing speed and flexibility, so to speak, completely leaving behind other ships of this era, leaving them in the dust.

That's it, and when Jiang Feng began to apply the research on the magic materials to the military ships, the use of small trebuchets and fire dragon cannons and magic ballistas completely changed the combat mode of water warfare in this era, and it can be said that the previous water warfare method of rockets, slapsticks and jumping ships has been completely swept into the garbage heap.

Mei Guo can even assert that if these feudal lords and water armies south of the entire river cannot keep up with this era, then the water army they are proud of will soon become a local chicken and tile dog in front of Xuzhou and become a burden to them.

The Southern Navy of the Xuzhou Governor's Mansion has launched this kind of reform and innovation in an all-round way, Tian Chunlai's Huaishui Navy will soon teach a lesson to the Zhenhai Navy that is sticking to Shanyang, and Kou Wenli's Chaohu Navy will also give the Wu Navy a lesson that they will never forget, and even the Fan Lianghu and Baima Lake water thieves who have been "guided" by the Southern Navy will also give a stunning performance to the Wu Navy who came to suppress the bandits, which Mei Guo is convinced of.

As long as the Huaiyou Army can follow up in time and take the extremely weak Yangzhou, it is not a problem, so Mei Guo is not worried at all, and he has this leisure to read a book.

The situation in Chuzhou is similar, with the help of Tian Chunlai's Huaishui Naval Army, there will be no problem for the Wuning Army to conquer Chuzhou, especially when Xu Wenzhi has already led the main force south to start a big battle with the ant thieves in Runzhou.

After taking Chuyang Erzhou, Xuzhou is really a general trend, even if it is a conservative and cautious Mei Guo, no one can stop the rise of Xuzhou, whether it is Yueguo, ant thieves, or even Da Zhong Xiao Zhong and Tanyue Ma's family, they can't stop Xuzhou's sweep at all, maybe Xuzhou's only enemy is in the north, and the entire south will become Xuzhou's sphere of influence.

Maybe at that time, the king of the county will really ascend the throne and become the emperor?

No one can refuse this temptation, which can make the Mei family become the top family of the entire empire, and his Mei situation is the first achievement, and he must write a brilliant stroke in the Mei family tree.

The sound of footsteps woke Mei Jing from his contemplation, and no one except Kou Wenli would disturb him at this time.

"Privy, Dongguan has passed, and it will soon be wet. ”

Kou Wenli is still wearing armor, but as a naval general, he is not mainly made of iron armor like a cavalry general, nor is he a mixture of iron leaf armor and leather armor like a foot general, but mainly grass and wood armor.

This kind of grass and wood armor is completely different from the grass and wood armor made by Luo Zhen back then, not only in terms of material, a variety of special grass leaves and stems from Shaobei, Chaohu and Juyeze are selected, but also a variety of sap is used to infiltrate and then supplemented with magic and refining.

It can be said that this armor is not much better than the ordinary famous armor, that is, the general strong crossbow and knife and axe are difficult to hurt the slightest, and it is also immune to fire attacks, and what is even more difficult is that this armor is extremely light and agile, which is very helpful for changing the posture of the human body in the water and in the air, and is very suitable for fighting on the water.

"Well, after passing Dongguan, you can speed up the ship appropriately. Mei Guo put down the scroll in his hand, "There is no problem with Hezhou, right?"

"Xu Dudu's side should have been arranged, although the Grand Governor's Office has not been clear about the belonging of the state, but in fact, the current acting governor of Hezhou is elected by the local government according to the opinions of the county king and the political hall, and it will be officially appointed after Hezhou is officially confirmed to enter the Xuzhou Grand Governor's Office. Kou Wenli laughed, "It's just to not irritate Wu Guo's side, and now this fig leaf can be thrown away." ”

Approaching the beginning of summer, the amount of water in the water is not large, and the fleet can only sail in the middle of the water, although he knows this section of the water well, but the stakes are very high, Kou Wenli still personally arranged for his subordinates who are familiar with the water conditions to open the way in small boats to avoid unnecessary accidents.

As long as you enter the river, there is no big problem, even if there is any accident, such a strong naval fleet, even if it encounters the Wu State naval army, Kou Wenli is confident that it will be destroyed with one blow.

Xuzhou has not formally annexed Hezhou, although it is clear that Hezhou has actually been under the control of Xuzhou for a long time, and the gentry of Hezhou have already met Jiang Feng in Xuzhou through Yang Xun, but Jiang Feng still did not formally annex Hezhou, but hoped to consider the ownership of Hezhou after settling the two states of Chuyang.

Once the two prefectures of Chuyang are solved, Huaizuo Town will inevitably be established, but only the two prefectures of Chuyang will definitely not be enough, so whether the two prefectures of Hechu need to be assigned to Huaizuo Town need to be considered.

Although it has not officially taken over Hezhou, the local affairs of Hezhou have long been managed in an orderly manner under the planning of the Political Affairs Hall, and it has long been determined that the naval army will berth at the Wujiang River to replenish grain and grass.

"This time, we need to take care of the time, our navy can't hold back, but we can't expose it in advance, and the middle is still very elegant. Mei Kuang stood up and looked out of the window, "Yu Dudu's tooth army also has a makeup to sneak in, I don't know what the situation is, I heard that Yu Dudu personally led the team." ”

"Ah, Yu Dudu personally led the team?" Kou Wenli was taken aback, he knew that some of the people in the Ya Army were selected, all of them were from Huaizuo, and they cooperated with Wuwentang to sneak into Yangzhou in advance, but the number was not too much, at most it was only one or two hundred, and it would be easy to leak the rumors, but he didn't expect Yu Mingzhen to personally lead the team into this is undoubtedly a bit risky.

No matter how to say that Yangzhou is also the capital of Wu, even if the main force goes south, there are still thousands of soldiers and horses, and there are also Li Yu's sons-in-law, and there must be master generals in the auxiliary, once discovered, I am afraid it will be really difficult to escape from Yangzhou City.

"Well, the king of the county didn't allow it, but Yu Dudu insisted, and finally implemented it according to Yu Dududu's opinion. Mei Guo smiled, "Yu Dudu is also a little stressed, seeing that Wang Dudu, Liu Dudu and Mao Gong are all showing their skills, and Lu Dudu is also Pinglu is also preparing to conquer Heshuo, he, the Governor of the Ya Army, can't be idle all day, right? ”

"With Governor Yu personally in battle, we have a little more certainty. Kou Wenli nodded, "Who is leading the army on the Wuning Army's side?"

"It should be Chai Yong, right?" Mei Guo also knew that Chai Yong was now favored by the king of the county, and he performed well in the battle with the Caizhou army, this time he went south to attack Shanyang with the Huaishui Water Army, Chai Yong's situation was more familiar, of course, Chai Yong should be used.

"Hmm, I'm afraid I'm going to be promoted to governor after this battle, right? Wu Ningjun also caught up with a good opportunity, and encountered major battles in a row, tsk, luck, not everyone can catch up with this kind of opportunity. ”

Kou Wenli is also a little envious, Chai Yong is also familiar with him, in the past in Luzhou, the other party was an official, and he was Kou, although he had never fought head-on, but he also knew how powerful the other party was, but he didn't expect that after serving the king of the county, he was still so violent.

"Hehe, there is a possibility of this, it depends on how well he fought in Shanyang. ”

Mei doesn't care, the county king treats the generals in all places equally, Chai Yong is the best performance among the generals of the Luzhou system, surpassing the limelight of the Qin and Han dynasties, and has become the representative of the Luzhou department, but it is somewhat similar to himself, he is also a representative of the Shouzhou generals, and the Zheng family has gradually taken the road of Wenchen.

The king of the county is broad-minded, and he is also extremely hands-free in this regard, and he never cares about the origin and origin of the generals, so that the generals, including Mei Guo, are extremely heartbroken.