Jia Xu smiled and replied unhurriedly: "As the so-called soldiers are fast, the baggage grain and grass is for the Northern Expedition of the 70,000 army, and now since Yuan Shao is not dealing with it for the time being, and there are 40,000 soldiers on the Huainan battlefield, why not unload part of the baggage grain and grass in Guandu first, and give up the space on the ship to the soldiers?" ”

"Seems to work." Xun You couldn't help but nod in agreement.

Cao Cao smiled after hearing this, and pointed to Jia Xu for affirmation: "Wenhe's proposal is very good, go on." ”

"Yes." Jia Xu nodded in greeting: "Gongda mentioned that Zhou Yu was strong just now, why didn't Ming Gong let Chen Yuanlong move?" Let him contain Zhou Yu in Guangling, and we will quickly march to Huainan by water, and defeat him before Sun Quan can send Zhou Yu to support, although this move cannot capture Jiangdong in one fell swoop, it can also greatly damage Sun Quan's vitality. ”

"Anything else?"

Cao Cao crossed his legs hanging from the couch and put on an expression that he wanted to listen to with great interest.

Jia Xu didn't dare to hide it privately, and continued to add: "Huainan was originally Yuan Shu's territory, and the Sun family is not currently deeply rooted, and actually only controls a few counties in the south of the Lujiang River. ”

When Cao Cao, Xun You, and Guo Jia were thinking about the details, Cao Hong, the general who stayed behind, asked puzzledly: "Sun Quan tried his best to win Shouchun, shouldn't we stay on the front line of water and water?" ”

Zhang Liao was inspired by Cao Hong, and at this time he also clenched his fists and reminded loudly: "Lord, don't forget that there is also Long Xiang in Hefei, if the army goes directly to the Lujiang River, the soldiers of Hefei may attack our grain route."

As soon as Cao Hong and Zhang Liao's words fell, all the generals in the tent began to whisper, Cao Cao waved his hand noncommittally, signaling the generals to shut down and not affect Jia Xu, he knew that 'Master Jia' would never give indiscriminate plans.

When Jia Xu looked left and right, he smiled at everyone and nodded in affirmation, and then explained to Cao Cao.

"Jiangdong has a lot of ships and is good at water warfare, why do you want to touch their strengths? Isn't it time to build on your strengths and avoid your weaknesses? This battle only needs to ensure that Shouchun is not lost, and then directly attack the Lujiang River by land, if the Jiangdong soldiers and horses dare to go ashore, we will adopt the tactics of encircling the point to send reinforcements, if Sun Quan is desperate to attack Shouchun, then directly block the mouth of the water with heavy troops, and the enemy will be trapped in the line of Shishui and Shuishui, maybe it can be wiped out. ”

"Miao Miao Miao"

Cao Cao pointed his finger at Jia Xu and praised it three times, and praised it happily in front of everyone: "Wenhe is really wise and far-reaching, if he really doesn't make a sound, he has already made a blockbuster, and this attack on Huainan will use you to plan." ”

Jia Xu could feel the burning eyes of others, and said in his heart I really don't want to be praised, but Cao Sikong always didn't let me keep a low profile, and he thought about it in the future, I had to change my low-key strategy.

Thinking of Cao Cao using his own strategy, Jia Xu took advantage of Cao Cao's change of clothes to go smoothly in the end, so he stepped forward and reminded in a whisper: "Ming Gong, if you want to do this plan, just rely on one word, fast!" ”

"Quick? Who has me Cao Cao fast? ”

Cao Cao smiled loudly after speaking, and immediately issued an order to the generals in the account: "You should return to the camp as soon as possible, find Gongliu (Shi Lian) to collect the ship according to the number of people, and unload whatever baggage you get from the ship, I don't care what method you use, you must set sail after two hours." ”

"Yui."

The generals clasped their fists and drank loudly, and then left the tent one after another.

Although Cao Cao hastily set up the battle plan, the commanders of each battalion were all old men who followed him, and their ability to carry out orders was better than one another, not to mention the logistics and supplies.

The silent Guandu camp suddenly moved, just like a factory that had been suspended for a long time suddenly started, and the soldiers were like skilled workers on the assembly line, although their division of labor was different, they could do not affect each other and advance in an orderly manner, and the unloading and boarding were completed in less than two hours.

Cao Cao stood on the bow of the ship facing the east wind, looked back and saw the fleet of fish in the rear, and said in his heart that this is Cao Cao's speed, Sun Quan has only been in charge of Jiangdong for two years, he may still be able to figure out how to manage the army, can he be as fast as me?

Hundreds of boats departed from Guandu, quickly turned into the Wolf Tang Canal and went straight downstream, and then went straight to Huaishui and Shouchun without diversion, and it only took a few days if the road did not stop day and night.

The Langtang Canal starts from the Yellow River in the north, and is called Rushui in the second half of Runan, which is the main waterway connecting Huaishui and the Yellow River.

It is more convenient to send troops from Guandu than Xuchang, and you can go to the Huainan battlefield by waterway, and if Yuan Shao is in the north and the war is tight, Cao Cao can also rush to the Yellow River battlefield from this waterway.

Cao Cao has always been very lucky, this time because of insomnia and greed, but he received an urgent report from Shouchun in time, saving the time to adjust on the way to the north, so that Cao Jun could rush to Huainan as quickly as possible.

As Cao Cao thought, Sun Quan first received the news of Xiahoudun's defeat and the emptiness of Shouchun, but it took several days to prepare before the war.

Sun Quan still took Yuan Shu's old army as the main force, plus some recruits recruited by Wu County, a total of 30,000 people were gathered to go to the Huainan battlefield, counting the Lujiang garrison and Chen Lan's troops, the total strength exceeded last year's reach of more than 50,000.

The Jiangdong side increased its troops, and the Shouchun side had fewer defenders.

Sun Quan thought that it should be stable now, he didn't dare to boast that Haikou took Xuchang, but it should be no problem to capture Shouchun and Huainan.

As for Long Xiang, who is entrenched in Hefei, Sun Quan has regarded him as a vassal of Jiangdong, and the fly in the ointment is that the coach Xu Kun is ill.

Xu Kun didn't know if he was really sick or not, because he sent someone to tell Sun Quan the day before he left, saying that he couldn't get out of bed because of the cold.

Seeing that Xu Kun was so ill, Sun Quan immediately guessed that it should be related to the Yuan family last year, but Sun Quan did not compromise with his father-in-law, and set off by boat with his army.

Without Zhang butchers, don't eat mixed pigs.

Among the relatives of the Sun family, not only Xu Kun could command the troops, but when Sun Quan set off, he asked Lü Meng to go first, and went to Danyang to ask his uncle Wu Jing to wait in Wuhu, and asked him to replace Xu Kun as the commander of the march.

In the Sun Ce era, Wu Jing was used to balance Xu Kun, and Sun Quan used Xu Kun to balance Wu Jing when he ascended the throne, and now Xu Kun is 'angry' because of his daughter, Sun Quan thinks of his uncle again.

Sun Quan played the game of checks and balances, but it was not much use for war, and not long after the Jiangdong warship left Wu County, 40,000 Cao troops appeared in Shouchun like an incredible appearance.

Xiahoudun wrapped a white cloth on his right shoulder to plead guilty, Cao Cao asked him in detail the reason for the defeat, and after a little rest, he sent Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Xiu to occupy Zipeng Mountain, and then led the army south to go straight to the Lujiang River, and left Zhang He, Li Dian, and Song Xian to assist Xiahou to guard Shouchun.

In early May, when more than 30,000 Cao troops roared south, Sun He and Huang Yi of Lujiang did not know whether they were paying close attention to Hefei sentinels, only to find that Cao Cao had come to Huainan in person.

Long Xiang was quite surprised when he heard this, and said in his heart that this time it seemed to be a big game, he readjusted the defense of the old and new cities on the one hand, and asked people to go to Shu County to inform Chen Lan to slip away.

Chen Lan was waiting for this moment, and when he assembled his troops to evacuate, Huang Yi hurriedly came and asked: "Wu Hou's army is coming, where is General Chen going?" ”

"Wu Hou's army? It's late! ”

Chen Lan shook his head: "Cao Bing has occupied Zipeng Mountain, it seems that Cao Cao personally led the troops here, forgive me for waiting."

(End of chapter)