"I really want to fire."

Just as Zhang Zhixiang and the others took advantage of the night to go away, a fleet was staying on the Yangtze River. Yang Zhao looked at Zhang Zhixiang and the others with a telescope, and it was very difficult to suppress the idea of ​​taking action.

After all, there are still hundreds of thousands of people watching the pier. If you take action at this time, the situation will be completely exploded, right?

"The Wang family's ship has been evacuated, and I didn't expect that they were heading north by land."

"Master Yang, what should I do now?"

Wang Huquan, the battalion commander of the Wang family army, said that the Wang family has been in a century of family business, so naturally there are many children. Wang Huquan is the confidant of the Wang family master and has served as the battalion commander for more than ten years.

In the past two days, their fleet has been staying five miles downstream of the dock and can intercept the Wang family's ships at any time.

I took three hundred cannons from the court and had fifty cannons himself, which totaled 350. They had an absolute advantage on the water surface.

But if they pursued by land, their preparations would not be as complete as those of the Wang family.

I can't walk fast even with the cannon.

"No hurry, leave a force here, stare at the Wang family's ship. As long as you dare to come out, you will sink immediately. Without the ship crossing the river, Zhang Zhixiang will not be able to escape from the Jianghuai River."

"Nanjing has already started, and he can't escape."

Yang Zhao understood how to fight this battle, but Wang Huquan was even more worried about Wang Yanghao's safety, and other troops would not care about Wang Yanghao's life and death.

"rest assured."

"They won't be so simple that they are made of dumplings. They always have to try to break through the river or return to the water. We are their real decisive opponents."

"As long as you can win, Hao'er will be safe."

Yang Zhao knew very well how to truly save Wang Yanghao. He took out the map and looked at it, saying, "Let's go, go to Yangzhou, hold Yangzhou, and see if Zhang Zhixiang goes north or east, we can all wait for an opportunity to move."

"One thousand direct descendants and two thousand rebels, no matter how strong the combat power is, they can only be trapped in the Jianghuai River and slowly grind to death."

This battle is not complicated. After Yang Zhao issued an order, the fleet left five warships and large troops went down the river to Yangzhou, waiting for the changes in the battle situation on the landing...

...

This is a mobile war.

But you can't break through with a light cavalry because you can't do it. The Jiangnan water network is densely packed, and you can cross several rivers north. Not to mention anything else, there will be a Chu River thirty miles north of Nanjing. If they hadn't built a floating bridge, this Chu River that was dozens of meters wide would not be easy.

Not to mention other rivers.

Although the Yellow River now takes the line that captures the Huai River and the sea, it still has part of the north flow, starting from Kaifeng. The lines in Tianjin, Jinan, Kaifeng and Xuzhou are also covered with water networks and mudflats.

therefore.

When the river control is lost, the best route is to pass near Huai'an and head towards Qingzhou. After leaving the southern Zhili area, the control of Nanjing will be greatly weakened. At that time, they will face much less congestion and they will also have their own supply points.

Instead of being like now, it is almost equivalent to shuttle through the enemy's territory and going deep into the army alone.

But when you pass by Huai'an, you still have to cross the Huai River.

At this time, the Yellow River seized the Huai River and entered the sea. The river channel near Huai'an was about a thousand meters wide, and the river water was vast like the sea.

Therefore, this road still cannot be understood.

"The Wang family army must be defeated, otherwise it will not be able to get around it."

In the middle of the night, he walked for more than 30 miles and then camped behind the river after crossing the Chu River. He marched after dawn. The soldiers had to hurry up and rest and recover their strength, while Zhang Zhixiang and the others were discussing how to fight.

Xu Ding's opinion is still this. If the Wang family army is not solved, they will not be able to break through.

But how to induce the Wang family army to go ashore is a big problem.

Wang Yuanzhi clicked on the map and said, "The person who commanded the Wang family army now is Yang Zhao. Although this person is only a juren during the Zhengde period, he is quite a plan."

"Although we have Wang Yanghao in hand, everyone knows that only by winning can they save Wang Yanghao back."

"Yang Zhao won't go ashore easily."

"Unless... we're going to run away if he doesn't get ashore, he'll take a chance."

Wang Yuanzhi's analysis hit the nail on the head, but how to fight, he is not a professional general after all. Looking at Xu Ding, Xu Ding was thinking there, while Yu Dayou said, "I might have a plan."

"Tell me quickly."

Zhang Zhixiang was looking forward to it. Seeing that Xiao Tianshi trusted him so much, Yu Dayou felt warm again. He pointed to the map seriously and said, "Yang Zhao must have thought we would walk along the river and find an opportunity to change the water road north."

"After all, if we don't have a river or change the waterway."

"At the latest dawn, the pursuers in Nanjing will catch up with us. Yangzhou will be 150 miles away from us. Tomorrow will be 240 miles away from us. At the latest and next day, Luzhou will be 260 miles away from us. To the next day, Huai'an will be the main defense, blocking the northeast corner, which will be slower. But we cannot run east. If we are blocked on the river bank, we can only force the river to break through. The Wang family army will shell us head-on."

"so."

"After dawn, we went northwest, making them mistakenly think that we were going to defeat Fengyang Army. Chihe was 140 miles away. Going north through Chihe, and going around Kaifeng to the capital, their fleet could not catch up with us."

"When we learn about our army's movements, Yang Zhao must lead the Wang family army to rush to Fengyang and stop us."

"But we just pretended to go northwest."

“Our true intention is to… go east.”

After hearing this, Xu Ding digested it for a while and asked, "So, should we go to Huai'an?"

Yu Dayou shook his head and said, "No, I can't leave. The imperial navy is not only the Wang family army, but also many regular navy soldiers. They just don't have that many artillery."

"Huai'an is an important town, and it is guarded by the navy. We still have no way to cross the river."

"What we really want to go to is... Yangzhou."

"As long as you leave the Wang family army behind, Mr. Shouyi should have a way to prepare a ship for us, right? I mean... a sea boat."

yes.

Going north can not only take inland shipping, but also take sea shipping.

but.

Wang Yuanzhi shook his head and said, "We offended the Xu family to death and cannot walk on the sea."

Yu Dayou continued to ask stubbornly: "I'm asking Mr. Shouyi if he can prepare a sea boat."

Wang Yuanzhi frowned.

Zhang Zhixiang understood, he clapped his palm and said in surprise: "General Yu is saying that as long as we have this possibility, the Wang family will not be able to sit still. He cannot entrust Wang Yanghao's life and death to the Xu family."

"So we must try our best to chase us."

"The fastest route to the south is to take the Mangdao River. The shortest area of ​​the Mangdao River channel is only 100 meters wide..."

Yu Dayou nodded and said, "That's right."

"Yang Zhao could not get ashore. We could only catch him off guard at the narrowest part of the river. If we could annihilate the Wang family's army and seize warships and artillery."

"There will be no more resistance this time."

Yu Dayou was very confident. Cui Wen's eyes were full of glory and praised several times when he heard it. Xu Ding said worriedly: "The plan is very good, but how can we keep leading them to run?"

"Once we are blocked in the middle of the journey, our plan will be ruined."

“It’s so dangerous.”

Yu Dayou didn't say anything, but Zhang Zhixiang asked: "If we don't fight like this, what else can we do?"

Xu Ding opened his mouth, but couldn't tell any other way.

Wang Yuanzhi took a sip of cigarettes and said, "Since there is no way, I can only fight like this. Let's have a good rest. At dawn, the war begins..."

(ps: Fengyang is in the northwest, Huaian is in the northeast, Luzhou is in the west, Yangzhou is in the east, and Nanjing is behind.)
Chapter completed!