After Liu Bu had assembled the main force, he ordered the main force to set off and leave Taizhou for Guazhou Town. At this time, the elite Liu family troops from the sea south alone had as many as 40,000, which was the main force. It can be said that the mobile forces that Shandong East and South Prefectures could mobilize were basically mobilized. The four main divisions, and all arrived in Yangzhou Prefecture in an established manner, gathered in Taizhou, and then advanced westward to Guazhou, entered the temporary camp, and prepared to cross the river.

Guazhou Town is located on the shore of the Yangtze River forty miles south of Jiangdu County, Yangzhou Prefecture. The Yuanhe Zhi says: It was Guazhou Village in the past, which was a sandy dunes in the Yangtze River. The sand gradually rose out, shaped like the word "gua" and connected to the Yangtze River Ferry from afar.

Since the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, it has gradually become the throat of the north and south. Its place is the mouth of the canal, which is far away from Jiangyin, Nanzhili. It was originally a city and is now a town. The dynasty set up a thousand households to station troops here.

The Qianhu House in Guazhou was named Qianhu House. The actual number of soldiers was less than 100. After the Liu family army arrived, they immediately gave up their resistance and surrendered to the Liu family army, becoming a member of the Liu family army.

Liu Bu set up his River Crossing Army camp here, and the main forces also gathered here. After his main forces were ready to assemble, they would cross the river to fight.

His two fleets had already advanced west along the river, shelling the cities along the river, especially Jiangyin City opposite the Yangtze River, which were even more important shelling from them. Jiangyin is an important coastal defense center and the gateway to Nanjing. The imperial court stationed a large army here to defend.

However, his military strength was already very empty, so few that he could only bully the common people and not be able to deal with bandits and bandits. However, since the Liu family army appeared here, the Nanjing garrison urgently mobilized thousands of troops to garrison here, and the Governor Shuntian also quickly mobilized reinforcements here. They knew that if the Liu family army advanced westward, the first one would be to capture Zhenjiang County.

Zhenjiang was called Jingkou in ancient times.

A water room in Guazhou, Jingkou,

Zhongshan is only separated by thousands of mountains.

The spring breeze greens the south bank of the river,

When will the bright moon shine on me?

Wang Anshi's popular song "Mowing the Boat Guazhou" is the impression of Guazhou in most people.

Zhenjiang is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, facing the river in the north and the steep mountains in the south. The situation is dangerous and is valued by military strategists.

The area is the north entrance of the Jiangnan Canal, which crosses the Yangtze River and is connected to the Jianghuai Canal.

The Eastern Wu set up soldiers to guard the garrison here. The Eastern Jin Dynasty crossed south, Zhengbei, Zhenbei, Anbei, Pingbei and other generals were permanently located here, so it was known as the "Northern Mansion".

In the late Eastern Jin Dynasty, the northern expedition was expanded to Huaibei, and the military status of Jingkou gradually declined. In the second year of Yongming of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Xiao Shuo, King of Guiyang, became the governor of Southern Xuzhou, and abolished the Jingkou military office. In the rebellion of Hou Jing in the late Liang Dynasty, Jiangbei fell and heavy troops were relocated in Jingkou.

Thousands of sails pass by the sunken boat, and thousands of trees are spring in front of the dead tree stump. The ancient battlefield that once fought for the world in the past has become a scenic spot and a historical site, and an ancient battlefield where literati and poets pay tribute to them has become an economic prosperity ship and a county town where ships travel.

But because of the sudden appearance of the Liu family army today, it turned this place into a battlefield and the key to the battle for hegemony between the north and the south.

The Liu family army has many differences from other armies, which is that their navy is particularly strong, even stronger than those in the south.

In the past, when the north and south confronted each other, the navy of the Southern Dynasty was powerful, and could give the Northern Army a fatal blow at critical moments and stop it from crossing the river.

Moreover, when Emperor Taizu dominated the world, the naval army he founded was almost invincible and defeated all the enemies. The naval army of the Ming Dynasty was invincible. However, with the corruption of his military system and political corruption, the invincible naval army that was dominant and invincible in the world at that time gradually declined.

Moreover, due to the long-term peaceful and prosperous era, most places have already entered the warehouse and released the Manan Mountains, and there are no heavy troops at all. Even in an important town like Zhenjiang, there are no more than a thousand soldiers stationed, and there is also an extremely serious problem of empty salary.

Since the rise of the Liu family army, the garrison generals in Nanjing and Governor Ying Tian and others have quickly dispatched troops here to reinforce.

However, this method of cramming at the battle did not enhance their defense strength. However, after the soldiers were in place, they did not have enough weapons. There was a situation where the general had soldiers in his hands but did not know how to command. The soldiers guarded the city but did not know how to defend. On the city wall, the weeds grew taller than the heads, and most of the areas were very dilapidated.

More importantly, they lack heavy weapons to defend the city. If they do not have cannons or catapults, such as powerful weapons, it will be difficult to cause damage to the enemies who attack the city.

The most powerful navy of the Liu family had already visited here, using their cannons and repeatedly bombarded the city gates of Zhenjiang City, which made the place even worse and even more dilapidated.

Unexpectedly, although the defenders were at an absolute disadvantage, their will was quite tenacious. If it were somewhere else, after several rounds of artillery attacks, they saw the invincible cannons of the Liu family army, and these officials would have long raised their flags and surrendered.

However, most of these defenders are mainly locals. The locals have a characteristic, which is grouping and xenophobia. They are very afraid that after the Liu family army occupied this area, they will massacre their children and enslave their children. They also know that Zhenjiang is the key to defending Nanjing. If they defend here and wait for reinforcements from Nanjing City to arrive, they can defend Nanjing City.

Otherwise, if we cannot defend this place, and if we do not buy enough time for Nanjing to defend the city, the entire battle situation will be ruined, and the entire south will be under the attack of the Liu family army.

Therefore, the Liu family navy launched artillery bombardment on Jiangyin City many times and sent troops to attack. They were well-trained and well-armed, so that their opponents could not raise their heads and suffered heavy casualties. However, the defenders were very tenacious and would rather die than retreat and defend their positions to the death. They were on the city walls and blocked the siege of the Liu family's naval and land army.

However, everyone understands that their ability to block the siege of the Liu family army is only temporary. If the Liu family army gathers and their reinforcements have not arrived, it will be the day when their city is broken.

The life and death of Zhenjiang depend on the reinforcements in Nanjing. The Zhenjiang War of Resistance has won more time for Nanjing to set up defenses.

The Liu family army occupied Yangzhou by surprise, which could be said to have disrupted all the deployments of the court, and they were beyond their reach and did not know what to do.

To put it bluntly, the Liu family army defeated its command center and headquarters in one fell swoop, causing them to lose their ability to react to the situation, so that when the Liu family army suddenly appeared, they were panicked and in chaos.

The entire so-called Yangtze River defense line was not formed at all. The Liu family's naval army appeared on the Yangtze River, as if they were entering a land of no one. The so-called defense line was useless.

Originally, the strongest one to deal with the Northern Army going south was the navy. It was a practice for thousands of years that the Southern Army was superior to the North. Now it actually allowed the Northern Army to have a powerful navy, riding the wind and waves, overcoming obstacles, and being invincible. The Southern Army had no resistance at all, which made them very embarrassed.

Because the Liu family army had naval forces in hand, they swept across the cities along the Yangtze River, blocked various ferries, and bombarded the cities along the Yangtze River, causing them to panic and cover the army to cross the river.

The main force of the Liu family's army crossing the river was of course Liu Bu's troops stationed in Guazhou. His troops had a main force of up to 40,000 people, and they also had a huge navy army as support.

Their plan was to occupy Zhenjiang, then advance along the river and take over Nanjing City in one fell swoop.

The other way was the army led by Liu Zhongyong. Liu Zhongyong led the army around Fengyang and rushed straight to Chuzhou. After quickly conquering Chuzhou without defense, he then used this as his foothold and forced the Yangtze River with the support of the navy.

At the same time, they all sent a partial division to capture Yizheng, a city along the Yangtze River. The Liu family army went south to the army and Liu Bu's army. Both sides successfully joined forces in Yizheng. The two armies merged and used this as a ferry to force the Yangtze River.

At this point, from Guazhou Ferry to Chuzhou Ferry, the hundreds of miles along the Yangtze River were all landing sites for the Liu family army. Under the cover of warships, they used merchant ships to cross the Yangtze River and rushed to the south bank.

Liu Bu led his personal soldiers and the main force also landed from the Guazhou Ferry and forced his crossing the Yangtze River.

Although they have not taken Jingkou yet, they have already gained the upper hand. It is a matter of time to take over this place.

So Liu Bu decided to move his front headquarters forward, cross the Yangtze River, and directly participate in the battle to attack Zhenjiang.

Liu Bu crossed the Yangtze River by sitting on his main battleship, the East China Sea. The main battleship that crossed the Yangtze River was just a trivial matter. Liu Buzhuo stood at the bow of the East China Sea, watching his subordinates advance thousands of boats and set off for the crossing. The scene was very large, with a strong lineup and amazing momentum, and he couldn't help but be proud.

Commanding such a huge army, crossing the Yangtze River, and besieging Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty, this can be regarded as a great martial arts.

Looking around the world, there are not many people who can compete with them, so Liu Bu is very proud and very proud, so he read a seven-character poem as soon as he spoke:

The wind and rain in Zhongshan are yellow and yellow, and millions of heroic troops cross the river.

The tiger occupies a dragon occupies a lot today, and it is turned upside down and generous.

It is better to pursue the enemy with the remaining courage, and not to seek fame and learn from the overlord.

If heaven has feelings, heaven will grow old, and the right path on earth is vicissitudes.

As soon as this poem was published, it shocked everyone around him and sighed inexplicably. Although he did not have gorgeous words, he was magnificent and heroic. He could be called a loving and enchanting world. His millions of heroes crossed the river also shocked everyone.
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