Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 218 Attacking Jiangxia Along the River

Li Jing and Di Qing trained as many as [-] soldiers in Chaisang, and they constantly exchanged soldiers from Yuzhang and Jiangdong, especially as many as [-] Shanyue soldiers.

Zhang Yi handed over the task of attacking the South Road to Li Jing and Di Qing. He appointed Li Jing as the governor and Di Qing as the deputy governor, in charge of all military affairs in Yuzhang.

Fan Zhongyan has been doing logistics work for Li Jing's army, transporting surplus grain from Yuzhang, Jiangdong, Lujiang and other places to Chaisang, hoarding it, and using it to attack Jingzhou.

Li Jing did not drop Fu Youde, but took Li Bao and Zhang Shun as the vanguard, went up the river and headed straight for Xiazhi.

Xiazhi is in the south of the river, guarding the waterway leading to Yuzhang.Therefore, Li Jing divided into land and water, and Li Bao's water army directly crossed Xiazhi to cut off possible reinforcements.And Li Jing and Di Qing led an army of [-] to directly attack Xiazhi.

And in order to prevent Liu Qing and Huang Zhong from supporting, Li Jing asked Fu Youde to send troops from Haihun to attack Ai County to contain them.

Li Jing's army was mighty and mighty, and was soon discovered by Xiazhi's defenders.It can be said that Huang Zu has been paying attention to the trend of Yuzhang all the time. Yuzhang is training troops with tens of thousands of people, and he often goes out to march. He doesn't know if he wants to!
So Huang Zu strengthened Xiazhi's defenses, but he did not increase troops for Xiazhi.Because Xia Pheasant is too close to Chaisang, it is not worth the loss to put too many soldiers and horses, because Huang Zu's supply line is too long.

Therefore, Huang Zu stationed his army directly in Zhu County, Xiling, and the Jiangxia Navy also stationed in Zhu County.Huang Zu wanted to prevent Jiangxia's line of defense in Zhu County, and the opposite bank of Zhu County was E County. Huang Zu wanted to fight Yuzhang across the river, relying on the navy to prevent Yuzhang's army from crossing the river.

This strategy designed by Huang Zu is still very reliable, because only Qichun in Jiangbei can attack Zhu County, and Qichun is too far from Qixian.Therefore, if Li Jing wanted to attack the heavily guarded Qixian County, he could not attack Qichun, but E County.

This is also a conspiracy. Li Jing has no choice but to attack E County and Qi County and look across the river.He is doing the same. After he captures the pheasant, he will attack E County.

Xiazhi is just a small town without many soldiers and horses.Its function is to inform Huang Zu, so that Huang Zu has time to prepare.

Li Jing easily conquered Xiazhi. After a day of rest, Li Jing went out again to attack E County.

However, Li Jing did not bring the whole army, but split up with Di Qing, and Di Qing crossed the river to attack Qichun.The location of Qichun County is too mysterious, and it is a threat to Li Jing's food supply.

In order to ensure the safety of the food road and for the next step of the strategy, Li Jing arranged for Di Qing to attack Qichun.

After Di Qing crossed the river, he quickly captured Qichun, and then stood still, sending news to Li Jing.

Li Jing also easily captured E County, waiting for the arrival of food and grass again.

Taking this opportunity, Li Jing also investigated Jiangbei.After checking for a few days, Li Jing found that the defense of Qi County was very tight!The army has about [-] people, and the navy has hundreds of warships.There are constant patrols along the river every day, and there are also a large number of boats on the river investigating.

Seeing such a situation, Li Jing laughed instead. He called Li Bao and Zhang Shun from the water army over, and asked, "Do you know who is the guard of Qi County? Who is the general of the Jiangxia navy?"

Li Bao said: "Qi County is defended by Huang Zu himself, while the navy is led by Su Fei."

"Su Fei?" Li Jing thought for a while, "Su Fei seems to have a good relationship with Gan Xingba! Can you find a way to persuade Su Fei to surrender?"

Li Bao and Zhang Shun looked at each other, and Zhang Shun said, "Actually, we have already sent a letter to Su Fei, and we are going to persuade him to surrender."

"You have already done it?" Li Jing was taken aback for a moment.

Zhang Shun said: "Commander, you know the information about my lord. My lord has been preparing for several years to attack Jingzhou, and I have also investigated a lot of people in Jingzhou. It can be said that our navy has few generals. We all hope that We can add some more navy generals. Su Fei is a good navy general, and we want to get him."

Li Jing nodded, he could understand why these two people did this.To be honest, there are not ten good generals in the navy, including the navy, but they lead an army of 3 to [-].The establishment of the navy is different from that of the army. The navy is organized according to the ships.

Therefore, the navy needs more generals than the army, because every ship in the navy can become an army and needs a commander.

It is understandable for the navy to recruit Su Fei. They want to go there when they see someone who can only command the navy.They followed many generals and begged Zhang Yi for them. For example, Lu Meng, Lu Xun and others were all begged by the navy army.

But Zhang Yi disagreed, because the navy is not Zhang Yi's key development arm.Because the navy has basically reached the peak of this period, what Zhang Yi wants to develop is the navy.The navy is basically useful on the river and Huai River, but it is useless when entering the river.

Not to mention the turbulence of the river itself, its embankment has been 200 years old, and the embankment burst by accident.When sailing on the river, be extra careful. Once the boat loses control and hits the embankment, it may cause the river to burst.

There have been many battles near the river over the years, but never a water battle.On the one hand, it is because the northerners are not good at water warfare, and on the other hand, it is also because the river is not suitable for water warfare.

In this case, Zhang Yi will definitely choose to fight along the coast, and the coastal battle has been successful, which proves that Zhang Yi chose the right direction.

After thinking about it, Li Jing asked the two of them, "Your persuasion to surrender failed?"

Li Bao nodded and said: "It's not a complete failure. Although Su Fei refused, he didn't say anything harsh. He even asked about Gan Xingba's situation."

Li Jing asked: "That is to say, it's not that he doesn't want to surrender, but that he doesn't want to surrender without knowing it."

"We also think so." Li Bao said: "I think we only need to defeat him and capture him, and he will have a step to surrender."

Li Jing nodded, "Then let's defeat Jiangxia's navy! We need to cross the river, so we must defeat Jiangxia's navy. If you want to recruit Su Fei, you must also defeat the Jiangxia's navy. It just happens to kill two birds with one stone."

Li Bao nodded, "Jiangxia navy is not strong, we can win in a few days."

"You have to hurry, once Cai Mao's navy comes to reinforce, it will be impossible for you to defeat Su Fei in a short time." Li Jing reminded.

Li Bao said, "Then we will start attacking tomorrow."

The next day, Li Bao and Zhang Shun led troops to attack the Jiangxia navy.Jiang Xia's water army was very vigilant. When they saw Li Bao and Zhang Shun's water army, they immediately defended.

However, the size of the ships of the two sides was very different, and they were at a disadvantage as soon as they fought.

　There is a mistake in the text, Zhu County was written as Qi County
　　
　
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