Danyang County.

The main camp of the imperial army.

Li Yu walked in, holding an imperial edict from the court in his hand, and said, "Husband, the emperor sent Cai and the eunuch to urge us to ask when we would send troops to attack the Wujiang camp in Jiangbei? How was the preparation for this battle?"

"Yeah! It's almost done!"

Chu Tianxiu calculated the time and nodded.

It has been almost two months since the rebellion of the princes and the court started. At most three months, this is the last patience of the emperor and the court, and the rebellion must be wiped out.

The food in the fields is growing and the harvest season is about to enter.

Otherwise, the ten princes in Jiangbei will harvest autumn grain from various counties and six months of taxes. If the grain is enough and the money is too much, the strength will definitely surge sharply.

The imperial court lost the autumn grain in the entire north, and half of the country's food, grass and taxes, and would inevitably be greatly damaged within one year.

This loss is extremely heavy.

We must defeat the Wujiang camp and the army of the ten princes and kings before the autumn grain harvest is harvested.

That day.

Chu Tianxiu ordered that the 100,000 imperial army stationed in the city began to set off to the water camp and prepare to cross the river to the north.

Inside Danyang Water Village.

There are 50 large gunboats, 250 large warships, thousands of small warships, and passenger and cargo ships.

A huge army was flowing endlessly, with 80,000 elite heavy infantry, 20,000 elite gunpowder and lances, and 30,000 navy troops. Many carriages carrying gunpowder and cannon balls, and food and supplies will also be transported to the other side with the army.

The soldiers pushed the heavy carriage and boarded the ship.

It took a full day for the soldiers to carry all their supplies, food and supplies onto the ships.

...

The next day.

Early in the morning.

The river surface is clear, without strong winds, and it is clear at a glance.

"Start, the army crosses north!"

Thousands of ships from the imperial court left the water camp and began to sound the horn to cross the river, crossing the ten-mile river.

There are no ships from the coalition forces of the princes in the river, so there is no need to worry about being harassed.

Chu Tianxiu, Li Yu, Zhou Lu, Li Gannian and dozens of generals from the battalions stood on the gunboat towers and directed the battle of crossing the river.

"This time, the most important thing is to build a beachhead."

Chu Tianxiu said in a deep voice to everyone.

He pointed to the boundary of Wujiang, a raised area, "This is the landing place for our imperial army to land! First, one or two thousand soldiers landed, and a position of about three to five miles on the front of the Wujiang camp."

Zhou Lu hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir... Are we the core of the Wujiang Camp who attacked the princes? Why not land in the upper reaches of 50 miles or downstream of 50 miles to avoid its edge... In this way, we can also avoid the strong camp of Wujiang Camp and start from the weak points outside the Wujiang Camp."

"No!"

Chu Tianxiu said coldly: "Avoid his sharpness and land in other places. These princes thought I was afraid of them.

Our army landed directly at the center of Wujiang Camp and destroyed their Wujiang Camp so that their confidence could be completely destroyed!

After this battle, I want to make Jiangbei no prince dare to fight with me again."

Direct attacking the middle lane is of course the most difficult and the hardest to fight.

But this is momentum and confidence.

If you take the central army directly, you can destroy all the confidence of the princes and kings in one battle.

"Yes, General!"

The generals nodded one after another.

If it were months ago, they would never dare to do this.

It was simply unimaginable to establish a small beachhead position on the north bank of the river without any natural dangers.

It's just to die.

Even if Taizu Xiang Yu was reborn and burned his boat, he would not be able to win.

But now, they have fought with Xiao Hunhou for so long and have gained considerable confidence in the power of the 50 gunships.

...

Wujiang Camp.

The sentry watching the river surface on the arrow tower, seeing the huge ships appearing on the river surface in the distance, and immediately sounded the horn.

"No! The imperial army crossed the river and headed north and was coming soon!"

"Report to all the kings, the imperial army came out in full swing, and thousands of ships came to the north of the Yangtze River."

"Quick, gather equipment and fight immediately!"

The coalition of princes suddenly started to riot.

The princes ran out of the main tent and came to the bank of the river. Looking at the vast vast number of ships opposite, their faces changed drastically.

They waited in Jiangbei for nearly a month, desperately building camps and various fortifications, and finally waited until the imperial army headed north.

"The imperial army heads north!"

"The little Hunhou is finally here!"

"Sent to all battalions to assemble in our village and prepare for battle!"

King Xiang Wu of Chu roared loudly.

Ten princes rushed to the center of Wujiang Camp, a five-story command tower. This place is located in the center of the camp, the highest, and can clearly see the situation on the river surface for more than ten miles, making it convenient to command battles.

"The direction of the imperial ships should be directed at our Wujiang camp! Immediately order the soldiers from the 100,000-person camp on both sides to gather in our Wujiang camp!"

King Xiang Wu of Chu shouted.

"yes!"

The messenger ran away immediately.

....

soon.

In the Wujiang Camp in the north of the Yangtze River, in the more than 50 strong camps of ten thousand people five miles away from the river, 500,000 soldiers have lined up.

All kinds of horse-resistance, catapults, turret arrows, etc. are ready.

Although these camps of ten thousand people are surrounded by solid 100-meter-high wooden walls, they are connected and close to each other, only a hundred steps apart, which is very convenient for each other to support each other.

It was obviously not so easy for the imperial army to go north and it was impossible to break through the camps of their vassal coalition forces.

After one hour.

The imperial army arrived along the coast of Jiangbei with 50 gunboats as vanguards.

The bronze main gun of the gunboat can fire up to 3 miles, the secondary gun is about 2 miles, and the small steel gun is one mile.

These 50 warships were moored along the coast, and dense naval guns were formed in a row and aimed at the shore.

There were no soldiers from the princes on the north bank of the river.

The soldiers of the princes were in a vast crowd, holding swords, bows and arrows, and were all nervously waiting in the camp five miles away. They knew the range and power of the artillery, so of course they would not wait by the river to be bombarded.

Chu Tianxiu took a telescope and looked at the coalition forces of the princes.

The coalition of princes did not take the initiative to attack the gunboat warships, and was obviously waiting for the army to get ashore.

Then he said: "For the cover of all ships, artillery and musketeers, ten thousand heavily armored infantry disembarked, one mile on the shore, set up a circle of horse-resisting horses, and establish a beachhead position!"

Soon, ten thousand heavily armored infantry jumped off the ship and jumped into shallow water by the river.

They carried a large amount of wood and quickly built a horse that defended against the attacks of the princely troops.

...

The princes and kings watched the imperial court landing in Jiangbei and setting up horse-resisting positions on the shore, but they were all surprisingly silent.

What can they do?

Is there any way to stop it?

No!

This 10,000-armored infantry is protected by 50 gunships.

50 large gunships were moored on the shore of the river, and five or six hundred cannons covered a range of one or two miles with one bombardment.

There were also dense gunpowder gunmen on the gunship, aiming at them. There were four hundred gunpowder gunmen standing on a gunship, and there were tens of thousands of musketeers in total.

No matter how many soldiers and horses rushed over, they would be wiped out.
To be continued...