Chapter 574
The Huai army has millions of people, and all the troops of the Sun family of Eastern Wu do not add up to that much. They can only rely on the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and use the navy to defeat the enemy before the enemy has crossed the river.

If the Huai army is allowed to cross the Yangtze River, Soochow will lose half.

So the most important thing right now is to gather all the soldiers and horses to go to the south bank of the Yangtze River and mobilize all the forces.The survival of Soochow depends on the outcome of this battle.

"Jun Li is right. No matter how many soldiers Wang Jing has, as long as he cannot cross the river, he will not be able to pose a threat to our army. What our army really has to deal with is the Huai army's navy!"

Huang Gai said in a deep voice.

In the original world, Soochow could rely on 40 naval forces to defeat Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops. Now Soochow has [-] soldiers and [-] troops. It's just another battle of Chibi, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

Sun Jian clenched his fists and immediately cheered up.

Known as the Jiangdong tiger, he has a tough personality, like a raging fire, a tiger and a leopard. Just now, he was temporarily blinded by the Huai army's million-strong army. When he heard Huang Gai's words, he immediately woke up and ignited his fighting spirit.

"That's right, what can a million troops do? If they can't cross the river, they can only watch from the north bank!"

Sun Jian laughed out loud.

"Currently, the elite Huai army is going from Sihong to Yangzhou, Nantong and other places. According to the military situation that they have passed through, Yangzhou should be the place where the Huai army stores food and grass, and Nantong is where the Huai army's camp is located!"

"Based on this calculation, the Huai army chose to cross the river in Fushan City north of Changshu!"

Sun Jian's eyesight was very good, and he had a direct insight into the direction of the Huai army's main force heading south.

He guessed right, if crossing the south from Huaidong, one of the best choices would be from Nantong Mansion to Changshu. This was Zhang Shicheng's direction of crossing the river in the original world.

"My lord is wise!"

Huang Gai, Zhu Zhi and others nodded one after another.

"Since that's the case, Junli, Gongfu... you should go and gather your troops immediately, first completely defeat the Qi army in the north, solve your worries, and then return to Suzhou as quickly as possible!"

Sun Jian ordered in a low voice.

His original intention of stationing troops in Gaoqiao was to try to recruit the defeated soldiers and prisoners of the Qi army as much as possible, try to appease the nearby cities and people as much as possible, and reduce resistance when Soochow took over the territory of Southern Qi.

But now he can't take care of so much. He must make a quick decision to quickly defeat the low-morale Qi army, and then join Sun Ce and Sun Quan's two sons to fight against the powerful enemy.

"The last general takes orders!"

Several generals, Sun Ben and others all responded in unison.

When everyone left, Sun Jian couldn't help looking to the north.

"The Huai army is still gathering and has not reached Yangzhou, Nantong, there is still a little time..."

In Sun Jian's heart.The main force of the Huai army was the elite soldiers who swore to send troops in Sihong. With such a huge force, the movements of sending troops were so loud that Soochow spies could see the soldiers of the Huai army marching without much effort.

He also used this information to judge when the Huai army came to the north bank of the Yangtze River.

but.

What he didn't expect was that Wang Jing was no longer among the main force of the Huai Army who was marching at this time.

……

Breeze on the river.

Wang Jing, Fu Youde, and Gao Yan have already arrived in Yangzhou by boat.

Su Wei, Yang Kan, Yang Dayan and others came to greet him.

"Your Majesty, the warships and soldiers and horses have been prepared, and we can cross the south of the Yangtze River just waiting for His Majesty's order!"

Yang Dayan stepped forward to report.

"Okay, let's go to the water village first!"

Wang Jing said.

At this time, hundreds of thousands of Huai army elites were still marching behind to cover the sight of the Jiangnan princes and make them misjudge.The troops that Fu Youde wanted to command had already quietly arrived in Yangzhou.

However, it is normal for the princes in the south of the Yangtze River to misjudge.

The army of one million and the army of hundreds of thousands are huge. Even the spies with the best eyesight can't count them one by one. The basis for their judgment is the scale of the camp and the smoke when the army marched.

And these things can be covered up by external force, which is the case with the increase and decrease of stoves in history.

If it is about strategy.

In order to cooperate with the West Route Army to cross the river, Wang Jing successively used the strategy of adding stoves, crossing the sea with the sky, and crossing the river in white clothes...to make the enemy make a misjudgment, and give the enemy a thunderous blow when the enemy was unprepared.

A water village near the Yangtze River.

This water village has a huge area, with more than a dozen warships on the water patrolling back and forth. Inside the water village, there are dozens of huge building ships, and a huge five-toothed ship...

And the big belly boat specially used to transport troops.

"Your Majesty, according to the pre-determined plan, the West Route Army has a total of 30 soldiers and horses. Now Yangzhou has 20 troops assembled, and another [-] are marching from various guards in Jiangdu Province to Yangzhou..."

"These 10 horses are all selected elites, and they can cross the river first!"

Gao Yan said in a low voice.

With a 30 army, it will take a while just to cross the river. If it takes a long time, it will be easy for the Soochow spies to spot the clues, and the effect of the surprise attack will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, Fu Youde will lead the [-] troops to the south first!It was these soldiers and horses that raided Sun Jian's troops.

The remaining 20 troops are the support for the subsequent crossing of the river.

"Are you sure?"

Wang Jing nodded slightly, then looked at Fu Youde and Yang Dayan.

The West Route Army mainly relied on these two ninth-rank generals. Although Shen Tianzi under him was also a fierce general, he could only be compared with Han Dang and Huang Gai of Soochow Wu, and could not be the key to deciding the battle.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, with the help of Xiao Daocheng's Qi army, the enemy is in the dark, we will be clear, and there will be no accidents!"

Fu Youde said in a deep voice.

Yang Da's eyes also revealed a look of awe, "The last general will capture and kill Sun Jian for the king in this battle!"

"Good! Very energetic!"

Wang Jing suddenly smiled, patted Fu Youde and Yang Dayan's shoulders vigorously, and said: "If you can succeed, it will be the first achievement for our army to cross the south of the Yangtze River. I am alone in Yangzhou waiting for your good news!"

"Go! Send troops immediately, don't keep Sun Jian waiting!"

Fu Youde and Yang Dayan saluted, and then strode into the warship in the water village.

Teams of soldiers, with the help of Su Wei, Yang Kan and others, began to board the boat... These soldiers were all elites who fought with Fu Youde in the past.

Among them, General School, Qianhu, and Baihu are very familiar with Fu Youde.

The two sides don't need to work together, as long as Fu Youde holds the command talisman, he can quickly command like his arms.

As for Yang Dayan, some of his troops were also transferred into it.However, most of the soldiers and horses are still in the second wave.This time he can only serve as the vanguard of the charge, and cannot serve as the general who commands the army.

Oh oh oh!
The horn sounded, startling the birds on the river in the distance.

Huge warships began to sail out of the water village.

They will go down the water, and under Liu Song's eyes, they will go down the water quickly and reach Jingjiangzhou.

In order to guard against the Huai army, Liu Song had already sent a navy to block the river.

However, what they blocked was the south bank of the Yangtze River, which was close to their own territory. The Huai army had no plans to cross the river from Yangzhou. The two sides seemed to be very close, but in fact they did not invade each other.

The news that hundreds of warships of the Huai Army suddenly appeared and went down the river will soon shake the princes of the south of the Yangtze River.

Liu Song will be the first to know.

By the time the news reached Soochow, the navy of the Huai Army had already landed from Jiangyin.

"Do not let me down!"

Wang Jing looked at the warship sailing out and thought to himself.

Fu Youde and Yang Dayan are two strong generals of the ninth rank, and Sun Jian has only one of the ninth rank... The advantage is mine!
"Let's go back to Yangzhou!"

Wang Jing withdrew his gaze and returned to Guiyan Palace in Yangzhou with everyone.

(End of this chapter)

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