Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 263 Galloping in Huainan

In the early morning, while Zhu Yunwen was discussing with the ministers, Zhu Gaoxu had regained his energy after a night's rest.

As he walked out of the house, the streets were filled with soldiers.

Of the 42,000 troops and horses in the Bohai Sea, 30,000 have already crossed the Huanghuai Waterway.

The soldiers who crossed the river first were already wearing armor to defend themselves, while the soldiers who crossed the river later were resting under blankets along the street.

The houses at the ferry are limited, and not all soldiers can enter the house to rest. However, the soldiers who get up from the house will wake up the soldiers sleeping along the street and go into the house to rest.

Each house is packed with at least ten or twenty people.

Zhu Gaoxu had a good rest, so after simply eating some gruel boiled by military rations, he sat under an unowned tea shed and waited for all the troops to cross the river.

His preconception was that he would be delayed for two days at Yunti Pass. Judging from the current situation, it should not be a problem to get the entire army across the river before dusk.

"Your Highness, are you awake?"

Meng Zhang led Zhao Mu, Ta Shi and others from far away in the street. After seeing Zhu Gaoxu sitting under the tea shed, they trotted over quickly.

"Can the rest cross the river before noon?"

Zhu Gaoxu went straight to the topic, but Meng Zhang shook his head: "At least until dusk, we don't have enough ferries."

"Well..." Zhu Gaoxu nodded, and then asked: "Where are Zhu Chenggong and Cui Jun?"

"According to your instructions before resting last night, they rested at sea and left a ship at the ferry at Yuntiguan to wait for your news."

"Okay, let me think about it first..."

After getting the answer, Zhu Gaoxu began to think about how to cross the Yangtze River.

From Sichuan to the East China Sea, the Yangtze River waterway for thousands of miles has become a natural barrier that isolates the north and the south. Even during World War II, the forces that control the upper reaches of the Yangtze River can still cause a lot of trouble for the lower reaches.

In the Battle of Crossing the River after World War II, it was clear that the South was no longer able to organize an effective strategic defense, but it still caused a lot of casualties to the troops crossing the river.

During the Opium War, if the Qing government did not pay attention to it and did not even stop the British fleet from exploring the hydrology of the Yangtze River, the British army would not have been able to take Zhenjiang and anchor in Nanjing so easily.

In comparison, Zhu Yuanzhang has a longer-term vision.

Zhu Gaoxu himself knew Lao Zhu's triple defense system from north to south, and he was extremely clear about the Yangtze River defense line deployed by Lao Zhu.

Perhaps Li Chahan put too much pressure on Lao Zhu, so when building the Yangtze River defense line, Lao Zhu always had a hand in Jiangbei.

First of all, in the land north of the Yangtze River, there were very few shipyards that could independently build ships with more than a thousand materials. Lao Zhu moved almost all the craftsmen who were good at manufacturing ships with more than a thousand materials to the south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, as far as the shipbuilding industry is concerned, Jiangbei is completely unable to build warships comparable to Jiangnan.

In addition, Lao Zhu also built forts on the south bank of the Yangtze River and Shazhou in the middle of the Yangtze River, totaling 79 places on thirty-six islands.

Finally, in terms of city construction, although the outer city walls of the capital are made of rammed earth walls, and only rammed earth-covered brick walls are built at the city gates, the inner city is made of solid rammed earth-covered bricks, and even some important sections of the city are made of rammed earth bricks. It is built with bluestone strips.

If Zhu Gaoxu could still rely on naval guns to destroy the city wall covered with rammed earth and bricks, then he was completely powerless against the inner city wall near the Yangtze River built with bluestone strips.

Even during World War II, these sections of the city had to be destroyed by engineer blasts. As long as he wanted to destroy these areas with the smoothbore cannon, even if he fired all the shells, it would be useless.

Therefore, Lao Zhu's defense of the Yangtze River or the capital can be said to have reached the extreme of this era.

Even if the northern troops went south, they would not be able to build warships larger than those in the south of the Yangtze River. Water warfare in this era was mainly based on close combat, with artillery placed only at the bow and stern of the ship.

If Zhu Gaoxu hadn't provided the design concept, the Pinghai Navy would not have opened cannon ports on the left and right sides of the ship.

In the Battle of Chenghuang Island, the Bohai Navy was able to win largely because the artillery designs of many warships of the Yangtze River Navy were still old-fashioned. Therefore, although they had many ships, the number of artillery pieces was less than half of the Bohai Navy.

Therefore, in Lao Zhu's design, as long as the warships built in Jiangnan were larger than those in Jiangbei, it would be difficult for Jiangbei to cross the Yangtze River.

Even if they can cross the Yangtze River, the forts in Shazhou and the south bank of the Yangtze River can still stop them.

This design made it impossible for the Northern Army to cross the river from Yangzhou and land in Zhenjiang, south of the Yangtze River, even if it captured Yangzhou.

This system is very easy to use whether it is dealing with Jiangbei or Jiangkou. The only shortcoming is Huguang in the upper reaches, and this is why Zhu Yunwen wanted to cut down the King of Xiang.

But he didn't expect that cutting the feudal clan would be self-defeating and directly drive Zhu Bai to death.

But no matter what, with Zhu Yuanzhang's system, as long as there are no problems with the Navy, Jiangnan only needs to be optimistic about Huguang and Sichuan, and does not need to worry about Jiangbei, which is just around the corner.

Because of this, even though Sheng Yong had been defeated at Liuhe and Puzikou in history, Zhu Yunwen was still trying to negotiate peace with Zhu Di, and at the same time asked Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng to go home to recruit troops, because he knew that Zhu Di could not cross the river.

However, the dramatic incident of Chen Xuan's defection made Zhu Yunwen's wishful thinking in vain.

Since ancient times, even if the Northern Army drinks horses from the Yangtze River, there are naval divisions on the Yangtze River, and they can often accomplish extraordinary feats. Therefore, the collective defection of the Southern Army's naval divisions can be said to be extremely dramatic in history.

Chen Xuan did not participate in any war, but by leading the navy to defect, he directly obtained the title of Count Pingjiang.

In the eyes of outsiders, his trip south this time was looking for death, and even in the eyes of his own people, it was very dangerous.

If anything goes wrong with Yang Qiu, the more than 40,000 of them will be trapped in Huainan. They don't even need the southern army to attack them, and their fragile supplies can destroy them.

Therefore, when going south this time, Zhu Gaoxu was not worried at all about Sheng Yong's 60,000 troops returning for reinforcements, nor was he worried about Li Jinglong in the north abandoning Peiping and heading south. What he was really worried about was the Southern Navy at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

If the news leaks out, even if he can capture the capital this time, he will never be able to stop Zhu Yunwen.

The current situation is different from that in history. In history, Zhu Di destroyed all the remaining regiments of the Southern Army except Song Sheng and Mu Sheng. As a result, when Zhu Yunwen was defending Nanjing, he could only recruit local warriors to defend the city, and he wanted to burn it down. A house in the outer city, but accidentally burned down the city wall.

Even if Zhu Yunwen wanted to escape at that time, he had nowhere to go and no chance.

After all, of the only two remaining armies of the Ming Dynasty, half of the 30,000 people in Song Sheng's hands were wiped out by his son in the Battle of Lingbi by the Yan army.

Mu Sheng was not as capable as Mu Chun. He only had 30,000 soldiers at his disposal, and Yunnan was poor in supplies in the early Ming Dynasty, so he was unable to resist Zhu Di.

The Battle of Zhending, the Battle of Zhengcunba, the Battle of Baigouhe, the Battle of Dezhou, the Battle of Dongchang, the Battle of Jiahe...

These battles wiped out all the 600,000 elite soldiers left by Zhu Yuanzhang to Zhu Yunwen. In the end, without soldiers to protect him, he had no choice but to burn himself in the Forbidden City.

Historically, he was very embarrassed, but if he really escapes now, not to mention Muchun in the southwest is still alive and has 60,000 troops, Li Jinglong in the north alone has 300,000 troops.

If Zhu Yunwen wants to escape, his trump card is much greater than in history.

Zhu Gaoxu was uneasy if he was not blocked and killed.

He can't sleep until his eldest brother dies...

At this point in his thoughts, Zhu Gaoxu understood everything, so he raised his head to look at Meng Zhang, and at the same time motioned to Ta She and the others to avoid it first.

After they realized that the tower was missing and turned around to avoid it, Zhu Gaoxu stood up and whispered to Meng Zhang.

"Go and send the message to Yang Zhan in person. Tell him that I will take the horse infantry and the Shenji Battalion to Yangzhou for a decisive battle with Sheng Yong, and let him convince his father in person."

"At the same time, I will ask Zhao Mu and Xu Sheng to lead six thousand cavalry to take down Shizhuang with you, and wait for good news from Yang Zhan in Shizhuang."

"Once his father takes over all the forts in Shazhou on the Yangtze River, he will immediately sail into the Yangtze River with a warship worth 1,500 tons that night to support your move south."

"At that time, I need to split the army into two."

"You and Zhao Mu will lead four thousand cavalry to land in the south of the Yangtze River at Baogang during the night. The other cavalry will be led by Xu Sheng and escorted by Yang Zhan personally to Jiangning Town."

"You and Zhao Mu took advantage of the night to attack the capital and control the nineteen gates of the outer city for me."

"Xu Sheng landed in Jiangnan at Jiangning Town, and divided his troops into three groups to control the roads from the capital to Moling Pass, Zunhua Town, and Dasheng Pass respectively."

Zhu Gaoxu explained what he wanted to do, but after hearing this, Meng Zhang said nervously:

"If this is the case, even if you land in Baogang after the curfew, you must rush to the capital within five hours. This distance is at least 140 miles..."

If one hundred and forty miles were taken in one day, it would not be a problem for Bohai Jingqi, but if it was taken at night, and it was one night, then it would be a big problem.

Although the Bohai Navy was raised strong by Zhu Gaoxu and had no night blindness, traveling at night was definitely not as fast as during the day, and five hours was too short. The average run was twenty-eight miles per hour, and it lasted for five hours, which is not good for horses. It's very difficult to say.

In this process, I don’t know how many horses will be exhausted.

"No matter how many troops and horses are exhausted, I still want to see the nineteen gates of the outer city surrounded before dawn, and there will be cavalry patrolling each section of the city wall!"

Zhu Gaoxu's fierce gaze made Meng Zhang take a breath.

He knew very well how much His Highness cherished the army and horses, but now he actually said such words, which showed how deep his obsession was to surround the capital and how heavy this task was.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the general will definitely explain clearly to Yang Zhan, Xu Sheng, and Zhao Mu!"

Meng Zhang did not dare to neglect, knelt down on one knee and bowed solemnly.

As an old brother who came from Yulin Zuowei Xuzibaihu, Meng Zhang knew very well that the reason why Zhu Gaoxu chose him to go on this trip, and also chose Xu Sheng and Zhao Mu, was to ensure nothing went wrong.

He knows Yang Zhan and they met when they were in the capital, so Yang Zhan will definitely trust him.

Similarly, sending the three of them did not mean that Zhu Gaoxu was wary of Ta Shi, Dole Heqi, Nimacha and others, but that these three people did not understand the situation in Jiangnan at all. On the contrary, the three of them knew very well. After all, they were all people who followed Zhu Gaoxu from Jiangnan to outside the customs.

After bowing in agreement, Meng Zhang stood up and said worriedly:

"Your Highness, after the three of us left, you only have eight people left, Chen Chang and Ta Shi, and you only have 36,000 troops left. Moreover, all the artillery of the Shenji Battalion is currently being transported by Yang Zhan. us……"

Meng Zhang worried that without six thousand cavalry and artillery, it would be too dangerous for Zhu Gaoxu to go to Yangzhou to attract the attention of all Jiangnan.

"So the reason why I asked you to go this time is to bring back the three thousand divine machine battalions I left with Xu Sheng, and at the same time bring back three hundred field guns and ten basic ammunition."

Zhu Gaoxu interrupted Meng Zhang, but Meng Zhang became even more worried after hearing this: "If we take the artillery off the ship and carry it, our army's speed will decrease. You..."

He did not continue, but Zhu Gaoxu knew what he wanted to say.

"You want to say that there is no need for me to go to Yangzhou to attract attention, and I can just wait for Yang Qiu to respond?"

"I will be ashamed..."

Zhu Gaoxu spoke, and Meng Zhang lowered his head.

But in response to his question, Zhu Gaoxu sighed:

"Whether it's Li Jinglong, Sheng Yong, or my eldest brother in the capital..."

"They all know me very well, so they won't feel at ease if I don't show up."

"Besides, if I lead an army to Shizhuang, who will attract Sheng Yong's attention?"

Zhu Gaoxu was playing tricks on the east and west, in order to ensure that the Southern Navy's navy would not be suspected and no trouble would occur, so that the six thousand cavalry could successfully cross the river.

He actually wanted to let Meng Zhang and Cui Jun replace him to attract Sheng Yong's attention, and let him personally lead the cavalry to capture the capital.

But he also knew that this was impossible, because in the current Bohai Sea, he was the only one who could lead more than 30,000 troops alone, plus Yang Zhan and Wang Yi. The other three, Chen Chang, Meng Zhang, and Cui Jun, can have at most ten thousand soldiers, and Zhao Mu, Xu Sheng, and Ta She can have at most three to five thousand.

Yang Zhan wanted to control the Bohai Navy and could not escape. Wang Yi was in the north, so he could only attract Sheng Yong's attention in person.

At the same time, he also wanted to see what Sheng Yong looked like now after not seeing each other for several years, and what his elite men in Beijing looked like...

"The Duke! The Duke!"

The shouts were anxious. While Zhu Gaoxu was still waiting for the Bohai Navy to cross the Huaihe River, the shouts rang outside Dezhou City. The Ming army that had just crossed the canal was still preparing to continue going north to relieve the siege of Baigou River.

However, a Qianhu official came on horseback in a panic and looked for Li Jinglong with a fearful expression.

"what's up?"

Li Jinglong reined in his horse and looked at the Qianhu officials. Liu Zhen, Song Xuan and others behind him were also very curious.

"Please read the news sent from the south."

Qianhu official did not dare to tell the content of the message, but directly handed over the note, which made Li Jinglong feel nervous.

He quickly took the note, and before he could finish reading it, he felt as if his head had been hit by a sap.

[The Bohai pirate army went south, pulled up Yunti Pass, and crossed the Huaihe River...]

A simple sentence made Li Jinglong's eyes darken.

It's not that he didn't expect that Zhu Gaoxu would go south, but according to Zhu Gaoxu's situation, even if he went south, he would first clean up the counties in Qingzhou Prefecture, then uproot Pizhou, and use Pizhou's water warehouse to send his troops south along the canal.

Throughout the ages, this has always been the case with soldiers and horses marching south.

But now Zhu Gaoxu suddenly appeared at Yunti Pass, pulled out Yunti Pass and crossed the Huaihe River.

"How is this going?"

Li Jinglong's mind was in chaos. The message sent by Sheng Yong was too brief and not enough for Li Jinglong to fully recover the matter.

He did not receive any news that Juzhou, Rizhao, Yanzhou and other places were besieged, and he could not figure out how Zhu Gaoxu went south.

Besides, what's the use of leading a group of horse and infantry south?

Although he has captured the Huaihe River now, there is still the Yangtze River to the south.

Li Jinglong is very clear about the Yangtze River Navy that lies across the Yangtze River estuary and the hydrological conditions of the Yangtze River.

Even if Zhu Gaoxu's ship was strong and powerful, it would be useless. The Yangtze River is not a small river. For a warship, rocking oars and rowing are simply not feasible. Every three steps forward, it will be swept backward by the river water. The speed is slow.

Moreover, the Yangtze River is deep and there is no place to hold a pole, so it is impossible to swim upstream.

The only thing that can be used is to use a hard sail when the wind is downwind, and when the weather is good, it can move diagonally left and right in the river channel, but this speed is extremely slow.

Therefore, normally, if the Jiangkou wants to enter the river, it will take at least three days to reach Zhenjiang from the Songjiang Prefecture entrance to the sea, taking advantage of the weather and wind direction.

After arriving in Zhenjiang, as the river becomes narrower, trackers can be sent on the shore to help the warships enter the river.

So no matter how you look at it, it is difficult for the Bohai navy to break into the river from Haikou, not to mention that after entering the Yangtze River, they need to face artillery fire from Shazhou and the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Moreover, if the Northern Army wanted to cross the river, it could only use boats to transport large regiments, but this method also had several disadvantages.

First, the Northern Army needs to have certain shipbuilding capabilities and must be stronger than the enemy. Otherwise, if the river cannot be controlled, there will be no need to talk about crossing the river with boats.

Second, it is necessary to control the upper reaches of the river, and only by going down the river can the effect be unexpected. Just like the Jin Dynasty destroyed Wu and the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen, this is the same principle. Going down the river from the upper reaches is fast and fast, even if the iron chain crosses the river, it will not work. Gotta use it.

Third, some soldiers who are accustomed to riding in boats are needed. These soldiers need to be able to fight as soon as they get off the boat. They can lay a bridgehead for the army, so that the subsequent army can recover first even if it is not good at boating.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't occupy any of these three points. How could he have the confidence to raid the Huaihe River and try to attack the capital?

"The common people of Bohai broke up the Yunti Pass and crossed the Huaihe River..."

Li Jinglong had a headache. He had never encountered such a thing before. In addition, there was too little information in his hand. He didn't know why Zhu Gaoxu dared to go straight to the Yangtze River.

Jiangbei's shipbuilding was not as good as that of Jiangnan. Zhu Gaoxu should know very well that even if he took the boatmen south, there was no wood in Jiangbei's storage warehouse that could build large ships. Jiangbei could not suppress Jiangnan.

"what did you say?"

As soon as Li Jinglong opened his mouth, Song Xuan, Liu Zhen and others took a deep breath, but they were also in disbelief.

Only when they saw Li Jinglong's expression did they fully understand that Li Jinglong was right.

Zhu Gaoxu really hit the Huaihe River.

"This... this is impossible?" Liu Zhen had fought with Zhu Gaoxu and knew how powerful the Bohai artillery was. However, no matter how powerful the Bohai artillery was, it was impossible to capture multiple important cities between Zhucheng and the Huaihe River in five days. .

You must know that important towns such as Juzhou, Rizhao, Andongwei, Ganyu, Yizhou, and Muyang had fortified their defenses at the beginning of the rebellion. Even with the sharp artillery of the Bohai Navy, it would take at least two or three days to defeat one. .

But at the moment, Zhu Gaoxu's speed is obviously not enough to attack the city, that is to say...

"He should have gone around."

Li Jinglong rubbed the bridge of his nose and felt his eyes red and swollen.

"Since ancient times, the Northern Army has mainly crossed the river at two places, Caishiji and Guazhoudu. The main route is Xuzhou-Hefei-Caishiji, and the other is Muyang-Huai'an-Yangzhou-Zhenjiang."

"When I went north, I already sent a message to Sheng Yong, asking him to garrison in Muyang."

"Muyang relies on the canal, Luoma Lake and Sangxu Lake, and there is Mushui in the north. Even if the rebels go south, it will be difficult to capture this place in less than ten days and a half."

"It's just that I didn't expect that he bypassed Mu Yang and suddenly appeared at Yunti Pass. This shows that he was running lightly this time, otherwise he would not be so fast."

"Running lightly?" Liu Zhen and Song Xuan looked at each other in surprise.

If Zhu Gaoxu really dares to attack lightly, it means that he is sure to go south again, otherwise it would be impossible to abandon the people's baggage and artillery.

They knew very well what Zhu Gaoxu was sure of, and that was the Bohai Navy with strong ships and powerful guns.

"Since ancient times, there has never been a Northern Army that crossed the Yangtze River Estuary southward. The Duke..."

Liu Zhen looked at Li Jinglong, but Li Jinglong's brows became more and more furrowed.

He originally thought that although Zhu Gaoxu was difficult to deal with, the Jianghuai defense line was monolithic, and with Li Jian from Jinan, Zhu Gaoxu would be bruised and bloody no matter whether he went south or north.

He can completely use this time to rush north to reinforce the Baigouhe defense line, lest Zhu Di, who is out of his posture, take the opportunity to engulf Xu Kai, Wu Gao, and Wu Jie.

But now it seems that although Zhu Di put up a good posture, he has not taken action against the Baigouhe defense line. Instead, Zhu Gaoxu made a surprise attack, abandoned the baggage and artillery, and headed straight for Huainan.

"The imperial decree should arrive soon. Huainan's water network is developed. Although the Bohai rebels all ride horses, if they want to go south, they must capture Yangzhou and capture Yangzhou's shipyard to have enough ferries."

"I understand Sheng Yong. He should have returned to Yangzhou to aid now. As for our army..."

Li Jinglong now has a headache. He is like a firefighter. There is a crisis in the north and a crisis in the south, but he has no choice but to choose one place to go.

"Summon the Marquis of Yue and the Governor of Ping to come!"

He spoke to Song Xuan, who bowed after hearing this, and then sent someone to tell Yu Tongyuan and Ping An to come.

Not long after, the two men appeared not far from Li Jinglong, with solemn expressions on their faces. Apparently, they had learned about Zhu Gaoxu's raid on Yunti Pass and crossing the Huaihe River from the general who sent the message.

"The imperial decree has not come yet, but I think the war can't wait."

Li Jinglong spoke after the two arrived and continued: "I am going to order you two to lead the cavalry south. Although it is a thousand miles from Dezhou to Yangzhou, if you go south lightly, you can reach Yangzhou in about six days."

"With the two commanders and cavalry helping each other, Sheng Qianshi can better protect Yangzhou."

"As for the army here, they will wait for the imperial court's decree to decide whether to go north or south."

"The army here is under the command of Governor Liu and Qianshi of Song Dynasty. I will lead my personal guards north to Baoding first to maintain the 200,000 troops at Baigou River to prevent them from being defeated one by one by the common people of Yan."

Li Jinglong ordered in an orderly manner. The 100,000 troops he brought this time were basically elites from the top.

If the imperial court wants to mobilize troops, it will definitely mobilize them and Li Jian.

Baigouhe couldn't wait any longer, so he had to go north first, coordinate Baigouhe, and then wait for the decree to come.

"The last general takes command!"

Since Li Jinglong opened his mouth, Yu Tongyuan, Ping An, Song Xuan and others naturally responded.

They also knew that the situation in Baigouhe was urgent. After Zhu Di defeated Chen Hui and Teng Ju and heard the news that they were heading north, he immediately withdrew to Peiping.

But he was not afraid, but preparing for a big battle.

Judging from the news sent by Wu Gao and Xu Kai, Zhu Di has commanded more than 100,000 troops to go south to Zhuozhou, and is obviously preparing to fight Wu Gao in the upper reaches of the Baigou River. This is why Li Jinglong is anxious to go back.

Zhu Gaoxu moved south step by step from Denglai. At least there were multiple lines of defense to protect him. The progress would not be fast. As long as Zhu Di was repelled, Li Jinglong still had time to rush south for reinforcements.

But if he insists on encircling Zhu Gaoxu, then once Zhu Gaoxu retreats to Dengzhou and relies on naval artillery defense, Li Jinglong will have to spend time with him in Dengzhou.

For Li Jinglong, time is the scarcest thing for him. Once he and Zhu Gaoxu confront each other in the three mansions of Ludong, Zhu Di in the north will have a chance to break through the Baigouhe defense line.

Once the Baigou River defense line collapses, Zhu Di's 160,000-strong army can move south along the canal and reach Xuzhou in one fell swoop.

This result had a greater impact than Zhu Gaoxu's move south.

But Li Jinglong didn't expect that Zhu Gaoxu would send his troops south and attack lightly, running from Zhucheng to the Huaihe River in only five days.

If he dared to do this, he must have someone to rely on, so Li Jinglong lowered his voice.

"If the common people of Bohai dare to travel south lightly, they must have someone to rely on."

"It did not carry any baggage, and it is very likely that it was lost to the navy. Therefore, after you go south, you need to pay attention to cutting off the connection between the rebels and the coast, and pull them inland as much as possible to cut off their retreat."

"In addition, the crossings of the two rivers need to be strictly defended, and the Yangtze River Navy must also guard the seaports without any letdown."

"What I say is that you bring it to Sheng Yong and ask Sheng Yong to come to His Majesty so that you can be on guard."

After Li Jinglong explained everything, the generals also bowed and said "yes"

Not long after, Yu Tongyuan and Pingan led Tingcao's cavalry in Beijing to go south, while Li Jinglong also entrusted Liu Zhen and Song Xuan with an army of 60,000 and rode north to Baoding himself.

After abandoning the army, he only needed two days to reach Baoding. By then, after repelling Zhu Di, he would have the opportunity to rearrange his defense lines and adjust his troops to encircle and suppress Zhu Gaoxu in Jianghuai.

But even at this moment, he still couldn't figure out why Zhu Gaoxu dared to attack lightly.

(End of this chapter)