There are two main sources of food for the Yugoslav army.

One is the grain and grass in Shaanxi, but this only accounts for a small part of the total grain of the Southern Army, and most of the grain and grass sources are Cao grain.

However, the canal did not lead to the battlefields of both sides, and the grain had to go ashore after it was transported to Dezhou, and then to Shunde, and then to the camp of the Southern Army.

The two armies are currently facing each other east of Taiyuan, one south and one north, and Shunde is in the rear of Feng Sheng's army.

Zhu Di had taken a look at the grain and grass of the Southern Army before.

The cavalry of the Northern Army came and went like the wind, and the Yan army sent people to sneak attack the grain transport team, but after losing one or two times, Feng Sheng immediately sent troops to ambush, killing more than 2,000 cavalry of the Yan army on the spot, and then sent sentry cavalry to cruise between Shunde and the big camp, which led to the cost of attacking the grain transport team getting higher and higher.

Zhu Di was forced to abandon this plan.

As for Cao Yun, specifically, it is to collect grain and grass from the south and transport it to Texas through the canal.

The waterway from Nanjing to Dezhou is not short, and although the Guardian Army has it, it is only a few thousand, after all, everyone knows that the Northern Army is not good at water warfare, and a team of several thousand people is completely enough.

On the contrary, Dezhou City, which is located at the end of Caoyun, is deployed with 20,000 defenders in case the northern army comes to attack, and a fortified city with 20,000 troops stationed will definitely not be able to attack unless the main force goes into battle.

But Yan Keng believes that Caoyun can still plot, the canal is thousands of miles, and there is always a place to start.

It's true that the northerners are not good at water warfare, but Yan Keng didn't plan to fight a water war directly with the other party by boat, and after all, the Grand Canal leads directly to Tongzhou, and the Northern Army also has a Cao army, although there are only about a thousand people.

He was going to touch the boat. There is no wind and waves in the Grand Canal, and the tonnage of the boats is not small.

The key is how to board the boat.

Yan Keng's finger pointed to a place - Dong'a.

Dong'e County is located next to the canal and has a wharf, which is a transportation artery, and the Cao army must make some supplies when they come here.

This will be a great opportunity.

Zhu Di agreed to his strategy and ordered the general Zhu Neng to be his vanguard.

Yan Keng led the elite Yanshan right guard and Cao army and set off immediately. A total of more than 3,000 people entered Hejian Province in the east, and then went south, bypassing Dezhou, crossing the three rivers in succession, and attacking Dong'a.

Dong'e is not far from the front line, but after all, there are still Dezhou and Jinan in front of it, so when the northern army suddenly appeared under the city of Dong'e, the defenders were shocked.

The northern army easily broke the city, and the 500 garrisoned southern troops did not do much resistance. Even when the people walked out at dawn, they knew that the city had changed hands.

Yan Keng ordered the city gate to be closed and the whole city to be blocked, so that not a single bit of news could get out.

This time did not take long, because the king of Yan had a fine work in the court, and according to the man's report, as long as a day later, the governor of Cao Yun would escort the Cao boat to arrive.

That's when it comes to hands-on.

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Yan Ji stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the thousands of miles of blue waves of the canal.

The people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have seen the sea, he is not a landlubber who does not know water, and even rushed to this scene a little kindly.

It's a pity. He sighed, the canal was still calmer, compared to his hometown, after all, it was a little less magnificent.

He reached out, feeling the breeze pass through his fingers.

When this war is over, I will say goodbye.

He thought that he was very old.

This time, Zhu Yunwen sent him out, nominally saying that the matter of Cao Yun was very important and needed to be led by a confidant, but he knew that in fact, this was His Majesty's intention to expel him from the center of power.

Although he vowed to assist the emperor well and achieve a great cause, but now like this, it is obviously no longer useful for him.

"My lord, there is Dong Ah ahead." At that moment, a soldier suddenly came to him and said.

Yan Ji said "um": "Are the supplies on the ship sufficient?" ”

"My lord, fresh water, vegetables and fruits have been exhausted, and candle and lamp oil also need to be replenished." The man replied respectfully.

"In this case, I will take a rest in Dong'e County." Yan Ji saw that the sun was already moving west, so he ordered.

The boat began to dock.

The prosperity on the docks is still there, and there is not the slightest thing wrong with it.

The own quartermaster disembarked to recruit coolies and prepare to carry the necessary supplies, and of course, they were not the only ones who disembarked.

Many officers in the army also got off the ship.

Nominally, of course, it is not allowed, but who knows if you look at it and change your clothes?

Anyway, this place, which is also considered to be the rear, is safe and tight.

This night, many green buildings resounded with singing, much more than usual.

Of course, what no one noticed was that around the Qinglou, there were always eyes peeping, and even those turtle men were a little cautious when they spoke.

The Northern Army has taken control of all this place, and the "people" who remain are basically played by the soldiers of the Northern Army, only some special occupations cannot be replaced, but they have also obtained a large amount of gold and silver, and their families are imprisoned in the barracks.

Everything seems to be the same as usual.

It's not that no one feels the strange atmosphere in the city, but if you look closely, there doesn't seem to be any major problem, and the night in these small cities should be bleak and calm.

Maybe it's been too long on the ship, and suddenly it's a little hard to adapt to life on land. They laugh at themselves, and this is not uncommon after a long voyage.

They took a group of coolies, carried supplies, and returned to the ship in the moonlight.

It was not early at this time, and the lights on the boat had been extinguished a lot.

The quartermasters brought the coolies to the corresponding ships.

When they entered the cabin and laid down their things, they looked at each other, and suddenly they lifted their clothes, revealing the blade pinned to their waists, the sharp edge of which reflected a crimson glow in the light of the fire.

The quartermaster's pupils contracted suddenly, and in the next second, they fell to the ship with their necks clutched.

Hundreds of coolies occupied all three ships in an instant.

With the arrival of the appointed moment, the doors of the houses near the pier were also opened, and a celebrity walked out, holding a sharp blade in his hand, and his eyes flashed with cold light.

Several Beidi Cao soldiers with more than a dozen Beijun soldiers set up the prepared boats and rowed towards the boats.

And the three boats slowly sailed towards a few small escort ships.

The night was quiet, until a scream rang out through the night sky, and finally a warship sounded its siren, waking up the sleeping fleet.

But it was too late, the Northern army was already very close to these ships, and some of them had already climbed onto the deck with daggers and long knives in their hands.

Compared with hand-to-hand combat, the Southern Army is the opponent of these elite Northern Army.

Zhu Neng took the lead, he was a character who often met spring, his martial arts were strong and fierce, and he easily cut down more than a dozen Cao soldiers. Under his leadership, the morale of the northern army was greatly boosted, while the southern army saw this tower-like man, as if they had seen black and white impermanence and came to ask for their lives, and they couldn't stop retreating.

What's more, many officers were not on board, which directly led to the army being leaderless and unable to organize an effective counterattack!

After a fierce battle for half an hour, a large number of boats were already out of control.

And at this time, the building ship that was surrounded in the center finally attracted the attention of the northern army.

(End of chapter)