I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 552, the soldiers are like fire

The vigorous development of the navigation industry has led to the vigorous development of the navy. Now there are millions of people who rely on the sea to make a living. There are already fewer sailors in Hebei than in Jiangnan. The entire navy has more than 5 people. Although the number of troops is large, most of them are still doing logistical tasks of transporting food, grass and personnel. The nascent navy originally wanted to make contributions, Fan Xian These subordinates forced him to fight for combat missions.

There are only two big princes left in the Han Dynasty (no one cares about Zhang Lu), and if they don't think of ways to make contributions, the world will be unified by the ruling.

Obviously, the nascent navy is no longer satisfied with the status of soy sauce.At the same time, the generals who have worked hard have regarded Cao Cao as their meal!They didn't take Cao Cao seriously, but began to imagine how to unify the world!

Fan Xian continued: "Cao Cao is easy to annex, but Liu Bei is not so easy to deal with. The middle of Shu is full of natural dangers and mountains everywhere. With Liu Bei's stubbornness, he will definitely defend to the end. At that time, even if our army has artillery, it will not be possible to conquer the middle of Shu. .

The subordinates feel that our navy is powerful, and the Yangtze River is considered a natural danger to others, but to me, a sailor who has seen the sea and storms, the Yangtze River is just a small ditch, and we can fully use the advantages of the navy. First easy and then difficult, conquer Danyang County from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and then conquer the entire Yangzhou along the waterways of the south of the Yangtze River, and then Jingzhou, Jiaozhou and other places. Resist our military strength, and when our army comes to surround Shuzhong, no matter how powerful Liu Bei is, he will be powerless! "

Conquer Shuzhong first, and then go downstream to conquer Jingzhou and Yangzhou. This strategy obviously has nothing to do with their navy. They can only get a little credit when they attack Yangzhou. This is not good for the navy officers who want to make contributions.

And if Daqian's strategy is to fight from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River to the upper reaches, then it will be their navy officers and soldiers who will become the main force. Obviously, there will be more meritorious service in this way!

Wang Lei said loudly: "Going upstream, how can we fight down in Sichuan?"

Fan Xian immediately retorted: "Compared with Yizhou, it is obviously easier to take down Jingzhou, and Yangzhou is easier. It is easy first and then difficult. There is nothing wrong with that. Maybe we conquer Yangzhou Jingzhou and capture the little emperor of the Han Dynasty. Yizhou will be defeated." Surrendering without a fight is better than our hundreds of thousands of troops suffering in the midst of Yizhou’s high mountains. Shuzhong in all dynasties has always been the last to fight. What’s wrong with my combat power!”

The two wanted to continue arguing, but Xu Wei stopped them and said: "Attacking Jiangnan will be discussed later. The main enemy now is Cao Cao. Don't get sidetracked!"

Wang Ge said: "It's much easier to fight only one Cao Cao. Let Yang Feng in Yuzhou pay attention to Liu Bei in Jingzhou and don't let him make trouble for us. Then mobilize [-] infantry and [-] cavalry from Jizhou and Yanzhou, first from Xuzhou Attack, and then go straight into Cao Cao's hinterland!"

Xu Wei thought for a while and said, "Acknowledge Wang Lei as the commander in chief against Cao Cao, and launch a strike to wipe out Cao Cao after the autumn harvest."

Originally, Xu Wei wanted to deal with internal affairs for a few years, straighten out the internal problems of Dagan, and then eliminate Cao Cao and Liu Bei, but these two were about to make a move, and Xu Wei could only act first.

Under the order of Xu Wei, the huge war in the Daqin House, the machine started to start, countless artillery and ammunition were transported on the track, hundreds of thousands of soldiers were recruited into the army and entered the barracks, Jizhou and Yanzhou appeared in various places, 6 huge barracks, Countless soldiers of the main army are training in the camp!

Wang Lei excitedly said: "The summer vacation will definitely not disappoint the ruling party, and Cao Cao's dog's head will definitely be cut off!"

After the news from Hebei reached Cao Cao in Qingzhou, Cao Cao could only smile wryly: "At first we wanted to catch Lei Gong by surprise, but now it caused Lei Gong to attack us on his own initiative."

Guo Jia comforted: "This is what we expected! The recruitment of hundreds of thousands of troops and the transportation of countless food, grass, and materials are difficult to hide from the big work. But judging from the current situation, Lei Gong is still I don't know our strategy. As long as Liu Bei launches an attack, Lei Gong won't have the energy to deal with us!"

Xun Yu said: "Fortunately, time is on our side. The autumn harvest in Jingzhou is more than a month earlier than that in Hebei. According to Lei Gong's habit, the army must be launched after the autumn harvest. At that time, Liu Bei is afraid The army has already invaded Yuzhou!"

Sure enough, in mid-September, in the land of Hebei, the wheat all turned golden yellow, as if the autumn harvest was approaching, but in the land of Jiangnan, the autumn harvest had already been completed.

At this time, the flames of war ignited again. Zhang Fei of Nanyang County suddenly gathered 2 troops and went north to attack Yingchuan County, which shocked Xu Huang, the prefect of Yingchuan County.

Because the big cadres don't think that the big man has the power to fight back against them now.You must know that Nanyang County is blocked by the Funiu Mountains, and the internal rivers are dense, so it is difficult for cavalry to gallop.

But in Yingchuan County, it is the great plain of Yimapingchuan, which is the most suitable place for large-scale cavalry to gallop. Last year, Liu Bei's [-] troops were defeated here.As long as they are not stupid, it is impossible for them to attack Yuzhou at this time, but such a thing happened.

Xu Huang did not hesitate, he first reported the situation to Yang Feng, and then led 1.5 soldiers to meet Zhang Fei's 2 army!
The armies of both sides met at the junction of Luyang and Fucheng!Then there was a small battle, with neither winner nor loser, so the two armies stationed in place, and Zhang Fei and Xu Huang asked for help from the rear at the same time.

Xu Huang originally thought that Yang Feng's reinforcements would arrive earlier than Zhang Fei's. After all, although Yuzhou is a newly occupied land, there are already a few simple rail carriages connecting Yingchuan County. Yang Feng's reinforcements will support him from Runan, and it will take less than 10 days. time.

But what Xu Huang never expected was Zhang Fei's reason for arriving early.

It turned out that before Zhang Fei launched an attack, Liu Bei had assembled an army of 10 in Xiangyang and supported Zhang Fei by boat all the way along the Han River. Hurry up, after Zhang Fei and Liu Bei joined forces, the Jingzhou Army, with as many as 12 people, launched a counterattack against the Northern Xinjiang Army under Liu Bei's command.

Facing the 10 times superiority of the Jingzhou army, Xu Huang was beaten and retreated, and could only retreat all the way to wait for Yang Feng's reinforcements.

Worried about Xu Huang's safety, Yang Feng led 3 troops to support Xu Huang. At the same time, he ordered the cavalry captain Murong Yuan to lead 5000 cavalry into Nanyang County, intending to cut off Liu Bei's food supply and threaten Liu Bei's retreat.

Because Liu Bei's army of more than [-] troops assembled so quickly, they attacked Yingchuan County from Xiangyang in less than half a month, which made Yang Feng understand that Liu Bei had planned this attack, otherwise his marching speed would not be so fast. Hurry up, even come over here with a large army of rail cars!
But it's a pity that even after Yang Feng joined Xu Huang, the strength of both sides was less than 5, which was only one-third of Liu Bei's. Liu Bei was well prepared this time, and he was surrounded by the elite Jingzhou army. Next, the Jingzhou army fought desperately, especially the Nanman soldiers recruited from the south of Jingzhou. This is a soldier who is not afraid of death and has a strong combat power, plus Liu Bei's desperate onslaught regardless of the cost.

After the two sides fought for 5 days, Yang Feng's army suffered more than [-] casualties, which can be described as heavy losses. The army could not hold on, and retreated to defend Xinji City.

And Murong Yuan, who wanted to cut off Liu Bei's retreat, rushed into Nanyang County, but found that there were Wubao trenches everywhere, and any offensive value targets were all strictly defended by Liu Bei. At this time, Jingzhou general Wenpin led the navy When it comes to entanglement, the mobility of the disease in other places must exceed that of the navy. When the river network in Nanyang County is densely covered and the Unicoms extend in all directions, wherever the cavalry of the main army goes, the navy of Wenpin can actually move quickly. After catching up, Ruhou continued to bombard the cavalry with the naval guns on the ship. For a while, Murong Yuan was in a dilemma.

At the same time, Guan Yu led Yangzhou County with 5 troops from the direction of Jiujiang County to Runan County. In less than half a month, Liu Bei of Jingzhou launched an army of nearly 20 troops to storm Yuzhou. With an army of 5, and most of them are still confronting Liu Bei, it is difficult to support the various parts of Yuzhou. The defense forces of the counties and cities in Yuzhou are weak.

Faced with such a critical situation, Yang Feng was startled and furious, and he was able to mobilize an army of more than [-] to fight. Liu Bei had planned it long ago. Yang Feng mobilized all the militias in Yuzhang to strengthen his own strength to resist the Jingzhou army. , and ask Xu Wei for help at the same time!Now the situation in Yuzhou cannot be changed by him alone, and he needs reinforcements.

In early October, Ji County, Youzhou!
The situation of the battle in Yuzhou quickly spread to Xu Wei in Jixian County.He immediately summoned the entire high-level officials to explain the battle situation in Yuzhou to everyone.

Wang Ge couldn't believe it and said, "Is Liu Bei crazy? Yuzhou has no danger to defend, and it is suitable for cavalry. Even if he has a little advantage in the early stage, as long as our reinforcements arrive in Yuzhou, he will be defeated." Jingzhou Army."

Xu Wei said: "But we are the ones who are in danger now. If we don't support Yang Feng, Yuzhou may be captured by Liu Bei again!"

Wang Ge immediately said: "Duan Peng's 5 cavalry are gathering in Yanzhou. Originally they were going to attack Xuzhou, but now they will go south to volunteer for Yang Feng. It will take less than 10 days!"

Xu Wei immediately ordered: "Let Duan Peng's cavalry go to support Yang Feng immediately, and at the same time order Sili's Huanglong to lead 5 soldiers from Xuanyuan Pass to attack Nanyang County, and cut off the retreat of Liu Bei's hundreds of thousands of troops. If they dare to come to Yuzhou, we will keep them all and lay the foundation for the next step to capture Jiangnan."

Liu Bei has only about 30 soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, and two-thirds of them are now in Yuzhou. If this army is wiped out, the land in the south of the Yangtze River will be at your fingertips.

(End of this chapter)