On the north shore of Chaohu Lake, Hefei is about forty miles to the north.
Although there are waterways connecting Chaohu to Hefei, before entering Chaohu Lake, the waterway connects to the river and is relatively wide. However, the waterway here is not as spacious as before entering Chaohu Lake.
Previously, the enemy's mechanical ballistae and iron ropes blocked the river, and the method of setting wooden stakes under the water posed a great threat to the fleet, not to mention that the enemy also had dragons that could control the aquatic tribe on the river. Therefore, Sun Quan decided to take the land route. We landed ashore last night, but we haven't traveled yet.
"My lord, this is a secret letter from the governor. I must hand it over to my lord personally if I wish to humble myself." The soldiers who went to Moling to deliver the letter came back. When they saw Sun Quan, they handed over the letter written by Zhou Yu to Sun Quan with both hands and bowed.
"Oh?" Sun Quan took the letter, waved his hand and said, "Go down."
"Here, I resign from my post!" The soldier saluted Sun Quan, then checked the account with Cheng Pu and Zhu Zhi, then turned and left.
It wasn't until the soldiers left that Sun Quan opened Zhou Yu's letter. Although the two generals Cheng Pu and Zhu Zhi were curious, they didn't want to come over to read it with them. They just hoped that they could read it for themselves after Sun Quan finished reading it.
"Gong Jin taught me to march carefully. When fighting the enemy, we should focus on water warfare as much as possible. Lead the enemy's main force into the water and use the water force to kill the enemy's main force. Don't land easily." After reading the letter, Sun Quan said, He handed the letter to the second general and said with a smile: "It's a pity that if you go further north here, the waterway is no longer suitable for the march of the army."
"What Gong Jin said is true. When my lord led the army for the first time, he naturally took advantage of our army's superiority and attacked the enemy's shortcomings to make it easier to win. However, now that our army is here, the enemy has set up more hidden stakes in the river and has iron ropes. If there is an ambush on both sides of the river, we can also attack our army with arrow formations. It is really difficult to march by water! We have to go by land as a last resort." Cheng Pu gave the letter to Zhu Zhi and shook his head.
"After all, the Commander-in-Chief is far away in Moling. I don't understand the specific situation here. Even if the river can be walked, our army's 100,000-strong military formation will be stretched in the river, and the formations that can be displayed will become limited and no longer suitable. Fight." Zhu Zhi smiled after seeing it.
"Nowadays, the enemy has been using mechanisms to plot and counterattack with ordinary soldiers. Along the way, there have been almost no formations." Cheng Pu recalled that the troubles he encountered along the way almost all came from the opponent's mechanisms and ballistae. , as for the army, they are just some local miscellaneous soldiers, and they cannot pose a threat at all if taken alone.
"General, are you saying that the Jianghuai land is empty?" Sun Quan frowned. He felt that it would not be so simple. He would save others by himself. If he were Chu Nan, he would not be defenseless, so he could safely leave with all his troops. , leaving an empty JAC for nothing.
"No, the general is saying that the enemy's main force may be waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, or is stationed in a key area. This place is behind Lu Bu. I don't know how far the battle in the Central Plains has reached now. The Huai River is related to logistical supplies and must not be lost. Therefore, the general I think the person Gong Jin is worried about is also here!" Cheng Pu said in a deep voice.
He and Zhou Yu have been working together for several years, and he still admires Zhou Yu's resourcefulness, but when it comes to leading troops, he doesn't think he is worse than Zhou Yu.
"I see." Sun Quan nodded suddenly and said helplessly: "But the army has already reached this point. Even if it knows that the front is not easy to attack, there is no reason to retreat. What do the two generals think?"
"What my lord said is true." Cheng Pu and Zhu Zhi bowed in agreement.
"If there is nothing else, the two generals should go and rest. Our army will march to Hefei early tomorrow morning!" Sun Quan pointed at the map and smiled.
Even without Zhou Yu reminding them of this matter, their next target was also Hefei. They didn't know it before, but after Lu Bu occupied Jiujiang, the civil and military forces in Jiangdong gradually realized the importance of this place. It can be said that whoever occupies this place will win the battle between the northern and southern forces.
Take the initiative.
And if the enemy has heavy troops, they will probably be stationed here. In other words, as long as Hefei is captured, the Jianghuai area will be basically captured. Chunan does not have that many troops left in the Jianghuai area!
"My lord, please rest early and I will retire!" Cheng Pu and Zhu Zhi bowed.
Until the two of them left, the smile on Sun Quan's gentle face gradually faded away, and there was only a gloomy look in his eyes.
I thought that by separating Zhou Yu from the army, he would not be able to affect me. Unexpectedly, even if they were separated, Zhou Yu's influence would still be everywhere. Just look at the attitudes of Cheng Pu and Zhu Zhi just now.
Even Cheng Pu, who was a little dissatisfied with Zhou Yu, became serious after reading Zhou Yu's letter, which shows that he paid attention to Zhou Yu's reminder.
But this is not what Sun Quan wants. What he wants is that he can replace Zhou Yu's position in the army. The soldiers trust and respect him first, and then Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and others!
It's a pity that even though he was deeply unwilling, Sun Quan could only accept this fact, and things could only be settled slowly. If he were really allowed to attack Zhou Yu, he would not want to do it. Not only because of Zhou Yu's popularity, he would not surrender; more importantly, he would not surrender.
Unfortunately, Sun Quan knew that Zhou Yu's talent was the pillar of Jiangdong, and that it was Jiangdong's disaster. Sun Quan would not do such a thing of destroying the Great Wall, and was unwilling to do it. He suppressed Zhou Yu just to consolidate his authority rather than to destroy the Great Wall.
Zhou Yu’s fate.
As long as the attack on Jianghuai is successful this time, he will gain enough prestige. Even if he is not as good as his brother, he can still surpass Zhou Yu. By then, the situation will completely change!
Sun Quan was extremely convinced of his own judgment. All that was left between him and the overlord of Jiangdong was a battle to prove himself. As long as he captured the two counties of Jianghuai in this battle, he would have no shortcomings and would be enough to compete with Lu Bu, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao.
These Central Plains overlords compete with the Jiangdong overlords!
But now, Sun Quan feels that he is closest to the overlord of Jiangdong!
With the longing for tomorrow's battle, Sun Quan fell into sleep.
There was no talk all night, and early the next morning, Sun Quan mobilized all his troops, formed a military formation, and marched toward Hefei. They marched very fast, and when the sun rose three poles, they had already arrived outside Xiaoyaojin.
"Lord, although this place is inconspicuous, it is the hub of the north and south. If you want to go to Hefei, you should go here first!" Cheng Pu looked at the terrain here. This place is not famous, at least Cheng Pu doesn't know what the name of this place is.
However, the terrain is the kind of place that must be fought over. Cheng Pu could tell at a glance that if he wanted to go to Hefei, he must first get here.
"That's it!" Sun Quan nodded, but he didn't care. After all, this place seemed to be just a small pass. He pointed at Xiaoyaojin and said: "Who is willing to go and break this pass? Those who break this pass will be remembered first.
achievement!"
"My lord, take a rest for a moment, and I will attack this city now!" As soon as Sun Quan finished speaking, he saw one of the generals leading his troops out of the battle. The walls of Xiaoyao City were only two feet long, and they were mainly made of rammed earth.
The city defense must be weak, so he didn't even use the siege equipment. He directly formed a battle formation with his troops and rushed forward, intending to directly attack the city wall with the battle formation!
On the Xiaoyaojin City Tower, Sun Quan was marching in formations like this. Naturally, he had been spotted by secret sentries along the way. The smoke warning had already been given. After receiving the news, Lu Lingqi led the army generals to the city tower. When she saw that the enemy was preparing to attack with military formations,
When they reached the city wall, everyone was a little shocked.
"Do you think there is no one in the city!?" A general looked at the Jiangdong Army rushing towards him, a little funny. The rammed earth city wall is indeed easy to break, but that is when there is no one to defend it. As long as there are people at the top of the city
Being able to form a military formation, this gang's fierce charging method cannot threaten the city wall at all, let alone directly knock down the city wall.
Lu Lingqi did not speak, but raised her Fangtian painted halberd high. The soldiers at the top of the city quickly formed small formations, and the small formations gathered into a large formation. The dull golden light turned into a military formation and quickly spread to the entire city wall.
, looking from a distance, it seems as if a layer of gold has been pasted on the city wall.
General Jiangdong naturally saw this scene and knew that it would be difficult to succeed. If he collided with him like this, he would only die. He immediately stopped his charge and patrolled the city for a while. He let out a loud voice and said loudly: "The thieves in the city, please dare to come out of the city to fight with me."
A battle?”
"General, I will go meet him for a while!" A general couldn't bear to see this man being so arrogant, and shouted to Lu Lingqi to fight.
Lu Lingqi didn't answer. She didn't even look at the provocative Jiangdong general. Her eyes looked far away in the direction of Jiangdong's military formation. After a moment, she pointed in the direction of Jiangdong's military formation in surprise and looked at Liu Ye beside her: "Sir, Jiangdong."
How come the army is arranged like this? Is there any mystery in this?"
Liu Ye looked far away and saw that although Jiangdong's army was surrounded by military formations, if he looked carefully, he saw that the military formations were spliced together. The army was not a whole, but divided into several groups.
Although it is an army, it can also be seen as a gathering of more than a dozen people and horses, just like a dozen neat stones piled together, looking like a stone slab.
Liu Ye pondered and said: "The military system of Jiangdong is like this. Each general leads the troops and horses of each general. This is flexible and changeable in water battles. Even if one army is severely damaged, the rest of the army will not be affected."
Lu Lingqi nodded thoughtfully. She was an outsider in water warfare, and then frowned and said: "Sir, our army also fought against Jiangdong Army last time. Although Jiangdong Army did not have many soldiers and horses at that time, it had many generals. It was not like this at that time.
Time is normal."
"The military system of the Jiangdong Army relies heavily on the ability of the commander, especially in this land battle." Liu Ye explained with a smile: "During the water battle, this kind of independent fighting does not place high demands on the commander. All you need to do is to tell everyone
Just how to intersperse them, and the rest is carried out by the generals. However, ships are the main ones in the water, and they are not easy to control. But on the shore, this method is not enough for the generals to cooperate. If they are not careful, it will be easy.
They may collide with each other, so the requirements for the general’s abilities are quite high!”
After Liu Ye finished speaking, he looked at the continuous military formation and said with a smile: "Looking at the world, apart from Jiangdong Zhoulang, there are really not many people who can perfectly control this army!"
After Lu Lingqi pondered for a moment, she looked at the battle formation opposite and said, "In other words, as long as the military commander's flag is destroyed, these military formations will fight on their own?"
"That's probably the case, but Zhou Yu is no ordinary person!" Liu Ye looked at Lu Lingqi and understood Lu Lingqi's intention: "Have you thought about it, madam?"
"I want to give it a try!" Lu Lingqi raised Fang Tian's painted halberd and said, "Kaicheng, I will personally fight this battle!"