Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 329
The weather in Donglai in February is still cold. Donglai, which is known as Xuewozi in later generations, is snowing heavily. , Only then did not cause large-scale non-combat attrition of soldiers.

Pei Yuanshao's camp was heavily guarded. In the central army tent, Xuzhou generals lined up on the left and right, and reported to Zhou Cang one by one.

Zhang Jiong had the highest position, so he was the first to speak: "All kinds of military supplies for sending troops are in place and ready to board the ship at any time. Yuan Tan sent people to send [-] sets of winter clothes, which greatly eased the plight of our army's shortage of winter clothes, but there were [-] of them. Wearing Yuan Jun's old clothes is really hateful."

"Hehe, I did this on purpose. It will be of great use then."

Zhang Jiong nodded and said nothing.Pei Yuanshao said: "According to the master's order, the training of soldiers is now complete. There are a total of 1 infantry vanguards, Pozhu two battalions, and 2000 cavalry. It's just that nearly [-]% of them have not gone through battle..."

Everyone became silent. They have never been in a battle, never killed anyone, and never seen blood, which means that these people lack experience and lack of concentration, which means that it is okay to fight with the wind. There is a danger of self-disruption.

"This time I brought the Lietu camp. Most of these people have experienced the battles of Runan and Guandu, and there are also soldiers who have fought a hundred battles. From them, 2000 people were selected to enrich the two battalions and serve as corporal leaders and post commanders. Xingba you come Arrange for them to board the ship and get used to it, Yuan Shao, you and Zhou will complete the reorganization within half a month." Zhou Cang secretly rejoiced that he followed Xu Huang's advice and brought the crack camp.

Gan Ning said: "Our army has built two thousand large ships, each of which can carry a thousand men and military resources, which is enough to send [-] soldiers and horses and military resources to the sea at one time. The sea chart has been drawn, and I have designed There are three routes, one is to go north directly to the south of Liaoning, this place belongs to Ta County, disembark and go north by land. The other is to go straight from the Bohai Sea to Liaodong and Liaoxi. This place is called Liaokou. This route will take two more days on the sea, but land It takes two days less. The third is to take the open sea to reach between Liaodong and Lelang, which belongs to Wuci County. It is near Wuci, and the coastal line is also fortified here."

Zhou Cang laughed when he heard that. Aren't the landing points of the three routes designed by Gan Ning the same as Dalian, Yingkou and Dandong?It's just that these three places don't have names yet. Let's give them a name after arriving in Liaodong.Gongsun Du was too careless. He really thought that no one would cross the sea to attack, so he dared not to defend himself.

Zhou Cang wronged Gongsundu. It's not that Gongsundu didn't want to, but he couldn't do what he wanted.

"It's been snowing for days, when will it stop?"

"This is always the case in previous years, and it usually takes less than half a month for the snow to stop."

"Did the sea ever freeze?"

"Although it is frozen now, it is not thick, and it will be unsealed in less than a month."

"What about Liaodong? Can it also be unblocked?"

"This?" Gan Ning was a little uncertain. "I have asked the fishermen that the weather this year is not as cold as in previous years. In previous years, the ice surface can be sailed at the end of February and early March, and boats can be sailed. Even if there is thin ice, my big boat can break through it."

Zhou Cang nodded. Warships are not fishing boats, and of course they have strong ice-breaking capabilities.He turned his head and asked again: "How about the siege equipment Zhou Ji, Duanmu Ling and Wang Dahammer made?"

"Master Hui has built [-] catapults and [-] siege crossbows. For the convenience of transportation, they are not assembled. If they need to be assembled, they can be completed and put into use within one day."

Zhou Cang pointed to the map and said: "The map made by Xingba is very detailed. I plan to divide the army into three groups according to Xingba's suggestion: the first group, Pei Yuanshao as the main general, Zhou Cai as the deputy general, Guan Hai as the vanguard, and an independent battalion and two thousand troops. The water army went straight to Liaokou. After arriving at Liaokou, the independent battalion pretended to be Yuan Jun with Yuan Jun's armor, bluffed and set up many flags to pretend to march to Liaodong, and regarded it as a suspicious soldier in the west of Liaodong. .Pei Yuanshao led the army to bypass Liaodong County and go north to attack Xiangping. After occupying Xiangping, Pei Yuanshao continued northward to occupy Xuantu County, Zhou Cai and Guan Hai went west to Liaoxi and joined the Independent Battalion to occupy Liaoxi and block Youzhou. "

"In the second route, Xingba led [-] sailors to Wuci via the outer sea, defeated the Liaodong navy and occupied the water village, and patrolled the Mazi River (Yalu River) to block Le Lang's connection with Liaodong. Le Lang is not in a hurry to take In the future, that area will be the battlefield of Xingba. I will send craftsmen to rebuild the warships."

"On the third route, I took a thousand sailors, the rest of the cracked soil battalion, engineers and craftsmen to build the battalion and supplies to Ta County. Zhou Ji, Wang Dachui and the craftsmen used Ta County as a base to build a military port, build ships, and transfer grain and grass. I led The Cracked Earth Camp escorted the military resources to continue northward, hoping to reach Xiangping, and Pei Yuanshao had already gone to the city. What do you think?"

Zhang Jiong said: "My lord's strategy can be said to be one after another, but we can't tolerate any mistakes. Otherwise, our army will fall into a passive position. Xingba can rest assured. It's just whether the independent battalion can attract Gongsundu's attention, and whether it will attract Yuan Xi. It is really difficult to grasp, and the success of the surprise attack on Liaodong from Liaokou is the key."

Pei Yuanshao and Gan Ning nodded frequently, Zhou Cang's strategy was a bit too subjective.

Zhou Cang laughed: "I'll tell you all, didn't you realize that Elai didn't come with me? I ordered him and Tian Guang to sneak into Liaodong a month ago, contact the Tian clan as internal agents, and attack the city At that time, there will be evil to respond in the city. As for Yuan Xi, he is cowardly by nature, as long as Youzhou is safe, he will never cause trouble."

No wonder I didn't see Dian Wei, it turned out that it was so easy to capture the city with such a strong general inside.

"Leave Donglai to Ziming. You, Wu Anguo and Cao Xing must guard Donglai. After the other army leaves, you send a letter to Guangling, asking them to ship the immigrants from Dabie Mountain to Da County. I have a list here. All the prefectures sent letters to transfer these people to Da County to serve as officials in various places in Liaodong."

Zhang Jiong pondered for a while and said, "I'm still not at ease. The lord has arranged the generals outside, but there are no generals around. Donglai has me and General Anguo enough, and General Cao Xing can accompany the lord."

Zhou Cang looked at Cao Xing. Cao Xing was good at swords and horses, especially good at archery. He could serve as a guard with him, and he could lead the Cracking Camp to save himself trouble. It was really good.

"That's fine, Ziming wants to keep in touch with Yuanfang. Pei Yuanshao, Gan Ning, Wu Gang, you three go back and make a detailed battle plan, prepare for all kinds of accidents, and report to me in five days. Ziming and Zhou Ji After transporting the military supplies to the ship, Xingba will conduct a comprehensive inspection of the ship again, and have practical measures when there are ice floes on the Liaodong Sea." Zhou Cang stood up, "Send troops in a month."

"Yes." Everyone said in unison.

(End of this chapter)