Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 406 400. Sea Raid
The two were so surprised because the attack position Feng Xi pointed out was too strange. The fourth route Feng Xi pointed out was the area around Xuzhou and Xiapi. This was undoubtedly an important town in the southeast of Cao Wei, but it was not the front line.

Because of Sun Quan's incompetence, he could not even keep Jiujiang and Lujiang counties that were supposed to belong to Yangzhou. Hefei was where Sun Quan failed several times, and in the end he could only rely on Chaohu Lake and Ruxukou to fight with Cao Wei.

But now that Eastern Wu has been completely destroyed, the Han army and Cao Wei are truly separated by a river.

As for the Xuzhou that Feng Xi was referring to, if the Han army wanted to attack Xuzhou, they would have to cross the river from Wujun and Danyangjun to the north, first conquer Guanglingjun, and then attack Pijun, before they could reach Donghaijun, the former seat of Xuzhou.

Why in the past? Because the seat of Xuzhou was originally Tan County, Donghai County, but Cao Cao later moved the seat of government to Xiapi City after he occupied Xuzhou. Today's "Xuzhou City" is not the "Xuzhou City" of the past.

Feng Xi's current suggestion of attacking from here is undoubtedly a fantasy. The Han army can't just emerge from the ground out of thin air and attack Xuzhou, right?
Guangling County was one of the main defense lines of Cao Xiu, the general of Cao Wei who was in charge of the Eastern Expedition. Everyone knew the importance of Guangling County, so Cao Wei was guarding it even more strictly.

"Xiu Yuan, although I admire your brilliant ideas, how can we cross the Cao Wei defense line in Guangling and attack Xuzhou? Have you already ambushed an army in Xuzhou?"

Xu Shu still speculated about Feng Xi from a positive perspective. He thought that since Feng Xi dared to say so, he must have a plan. Could it be that he really made arrangements in advance, so that as long as he gave the order, tens of thousands of people in Xuzhou would rise up in response?
"How is that possible? What kind of organized troops would be able to break up into small units, penetrate deep behind enemy lines, and start an uprising with just one order?"

Feng Xi smiled and waved his hands. Although it might be possible in the future, it was simply impossible for the current soldiers to achieve that level.

"Xiu Yuan, stop keeping us in suspense. Tell us about this fourth route and this even more outrageous fifth route."

Huang Quan was impatient and pointed to the fifth route that Feng Xi had just pointed out - Jizhou Bohai County, and asked Feng Xi to explain it to them quickly.

"Okay, okay, I just mentioned that the reason why we asked the navy to explore Izu in advance was for this reason. Izu is large enough, and our navy already has newly designed ships that are specifically used to carry people, so transporting more than 10,000 people is not a problem.

As Yuan Zhi said, Cao Xiu knew the importance of Guangling, so he deployed heavy troops in Guangling, Hefei, Shouchun, Yangquan and other places, which could not only hinder our army's advance, but also provide timely support to Nanyang. However, in this way, the entire Cao Wei became a straw pillow with a gold-rimmed embroidered core.

Cao Wei's main military strength is now concentrated in the west, middle and east, which are also their main fresh forces. The north and the hinterland of the Central Plains are completely defenseless. In addition, Cao Wei has repeatedly attacked Wuhuan and Xianbei. Now the northern tribes have suffered heavy casualties and are unable to look south. Cao Wei has only left various border guards in Youzhou, and the other large forces are concentrated in Luoyang."

Feng Xi pointed at the map and explained the current distribution of Cao Wei to the two in detail. The hinterland of Cao Wei, such as Xuzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou, was almost blank, and each county was estimated to have only the lowest standard of county soldiers to maintain order.

There must be border guards in frontier areas such as Youzhou and Bingzhou, but Tian Yu, Qian Shao, Xianyu Fu and others have many internal conflicts. In addition, most of Tian Yu and Qian Shao surrendered to Cao Cao from the former northern warlords, and they are not very loyal to Cao Wei. They are just willing to guard the border for the Han people and not be harassed by foreign races such as Xianbei and Wuhuan. "After our Han navy takes Yizhou and establishes a supply base, and has sufficient experience in sea transportation, it can load a surprise force from Qiantang, bypass Guangling to the north, and withdraw to Xuzhou, Beihai and other places. At that time, my three armies will advance together, and the Wei army will definitely dispatch troops everywhere to guard against my three armies, while Xuzhou, Beihai and other places will be empty, and they may even be used to transport food or for logistics.

In this way, we can not only cooperate with the Yangzhou army from inside and outside, but also cut off the enemy's retreat, which is killing two birds with one stone.

As for the fifth route in Jizhou, I am not sure at the moment. It depends on the navy's movements. I intend to have the navy take over Yizhou, train the troops to adapt to the hydrology and navigation of the East China Sea, and then send a force of several thousand people up the northeast to take over Japan. Then, using Japan as a springboard, we will go through Bohai Bay and directly take Bohai County. "

Feng Xi drew a line between Yizhou, Wodao and Jizhou. To put it bluntly, it was to station troops overseas and then use the navy, which Wei State did not know about, to launch a surprise attack.

And the benefits don't stop there. The Han army's navy can directly enter the Yellow River and block the entire Yellow River. It is obvious that Cao Wei is bullying because it has no navy and can only watch helplessly as the Han army blocks all the crossings of the Yellow River.

In addition, Jizhou has always been the granary of the north, which was the case during the Yuan Shao period and even more so during the Cao Wei period. Cao Wei's policy on Tuntianke was so harsh that even if aliens attacked, they would have to pick up hoes to help the aliens fight against Cao Wei, let alone the Han army.

Under such circumstances, Cao Wei's back garden would certainly be in chaos. In addition, the Yellow River was blocked, blocking the north and the south, and the reinforcements and logistics would also be greatly affected, which was a heavy blow to Cao Wei.

This is the most reliable and promising way Feng Xi can think of to defeat Cao Wei. Of course, blocking the Yellow River could have been done earlier, but Feng Xi was unwilling to reveal the intelligence that his navy could cross the East China Sea in advance, because that would mean he would lose his power to strike first, and the Wei army would have various ways to hinder the Han army, such as hidden stakes, iron chains, etc.

As for the Yizhou army, Feng Xi was not worried at all. He had talked with Zhuge Liang in Yong'an City before. Zhuge Liang would personally take charge of the Northern Expedition because it was related to the revival of the Han Dynasty. He did not dare to hand it over to other people, not even Zhao Yun and Wei Yan.

As for the direction of Jingzhou, Feng Xi would naturally have to lead the team himself, because Jingzhou is the easiest but also the most difficult route to conquer. Only Feng Xi himself could grasp this balance. At the same time, the Jingzhou army could only exert its greatest combat capability under Feng Xi's command.

As for Yangzhou, there are surrendered generals from Eastern Wu. Xu Sheng, Ding Feng and others are also no mediocre men. Even if they cannot break through Cao Xiu's defense, they should be able to do it after Xuzhou lands and cooperate with the enemy from inside and outside.

As for the important task of landing along the coast, Feng Xi had two candidates in mind: one was his good friend Fu Rong, and the other was Deng Ai, whom he had carefully trained.

If the battle on Wa Island goes smoothly, Feng Xi will have Deng Ai attack Xuzhou and Fu Zhu attack Jizhou. If the attack on Jizhou fails, the two will attack Xuzhou together.

(End of this chapter)