sweeping the world

Chapter 291
"Is it possible for the Jin army to land on the north bank?"

"The number of the Jin army on the other side should be about [-]? Their navy has assembled in large numbers, and they have not loaded combat supplies."

"What about the rest?"

"Our spies conducted in-depth investigations, and found no signs of transporting luggage behind the Jin army."

There may be omissions in the investigation of the scouts crossing the river, but the investigation of the logistics line is definitely the most careful, and it is true that the Jin army has not found the increased transportation of luggage.

The possibility that the Jin army had already prepared relevant materials was not ruled out, but the scouts could not get close to the Jin army's material hoarding point. They could only monitor the location and roads that might be the Jin army's material hoarding point as much as possible, and pay attention to the number and size of the supply team. frequency.

Compared with the night music on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the north bank of the Yangtze River is a sign of a vigorous army.The fleet brought [-] troops ready for landing operations, and easily captured a place where they could stand. According to the plan, some troops rushed from the Jianghuai area.

There were originally 430 troops from Jianghuai, but when it comes to the rapid march, they must not be able to reach all of them. In fact, only [-] people arrived in the large army, and the rest were left behind.

That's just a quick march. If you force the march, there must be more soldiers who fail to keep up. It's normal for some people to fall behind all the way. Usually, they can only catch up by themselves. A large number of missing persons may be eaten by wild animals, lost or deserted.

The person who led the troops was Lu Tai. Among the original 3000 troops, [-] were from Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla. The troops from these three countries accounted for about [-]% of those who fell behind.

Ji Chang did not have vocal music to entertain Lu Tai, but only a serious face and some necessary details of the battle situation.

Lu Tai once again served as the chief general along the way, accompanied by Sang Yu, the commander of the army. Their troops would only rest at Jichang's side for one night, and they needed to set off to attack Jiangshui Temple and Jiangdu after dawn.

Jiangshui Temple is one of the main river defense fortresses of Shijie Zhao State in the direction of Yangzhou. It is built along the river and has city defenses on the other three sides. Being in a weak position, the outbreak of war in Fanjiangshui Temple is actually an offensive and defensive battle on land and water.

Jiangdu, like Jiangshui Temple, is the Jiangfang Fortress of Shijie Zhao State on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Maybe Jiangdu's strategic significance is more important than Jiangshui Temple?That's because Jiangdu is stationed in Shijie Zhao State's few navy ships, and Jiangdu is the only place where the Yangtze River enters Hangou.

What is Hangou?It is actually a canal connecting the Yangtze River waterway and the Huaihe River. It was excavated by the State of Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period. It was highly valued during the Eastern Han Dynasty and has been sorted out and repaired many times.At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the feudal lords were fighting, it gradually fell into disrepair, especially when Cao Wei and Sun Wu were fighting, the canal was actually not smooth, and it was not until the Jin Dynasty... that it was re-governed, but it was a pity that it was effective because of national strength. not big.

For the Han army, it is inevitable to first capture Jiangdu and then march into Jiangshui Temple. This will also be the first time that the two forces of the sea and the land will jointly fight together.

Since it was the first time that both land and water fought together, Ji Chang was not absolutely sure that he could go down with a drumbeat. Lu Tai was also cautious about this, and the two of them had to be concerned about whether the Jin army would cross the river for a battle. After all If the Jin army intervenes horizontally, the problem will not be a small problem.

Looking from the location of the Han army's camp to the south bank of the Yangtze River, the closer place is of course the Jin army who set up their camp. The camp looks quite large, and the bonfires gathered everywhere at night look like stars.Looking deeper, there are occasional scattered firelights in some places, but they are extremely bright at the foot of a certain mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, of course, some nobles and officials of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were singing and dancing, but Ji Chang and Lu Tai absolutely didn't know that, they just thought they were burning something, such as rotting corpses of people or animals?
What is worthy of praise in the Han Dynasty is not the sensuality, or the strength of the military, but the abundance and abundance of food.

The soldiers of the Han army who came from afar, after they entered the camp, were first led to their tents to identify the location, then they went to line up for necessary freshening up, and then they lined up to receive hot food.

There are not many types of hot food. There are various plants, such as steamed buns, steamed buns, and steamed buns made of wheat, millet, chestnut, etc.; due to conditions, there is only one type of vegetable, which is dried wild vegetables ; Meat includes sheep, cattle, horses and various fish; naturally, soup is indispensable.

The soldiers of the Han Army Headquarters are okay, they have long been very accustomed to queuing up to claim, one by one slowly taking turns to claim the gaps, the familiar soldiers will talk in a low voice, almost everyone who says something, the topic will be because of The success of the war was relatively easy.

The soldiers from the Korean peninsula are not used to queuing. They have always eaten fast and slowly. As for queuing up to get food, whoever gets robbed later, as long as no one complains, no one will see it.

The soldiers of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla are not from the same country, and they have a bit of blood feud with each other. Before, because they were away from home, they could hold each other because of the regional nature, but later found that they did not suffer serious discrimination. Perhaps And the deliberate actions of the Han Dynasty, the hatred in the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms seemed to be awakened again?This led to constant friction between Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla, which are relatively powerful on the Korean Peninsula recently.

Under enough bonfires, there was no problem with the light, and soldiers with armbands on their arms walked back and forth between the lines.The word "Picket" is written on the armbands of those people, and they are actually military police, but they are not called that now, they should be called checkpoints.

Doesn't the meaning of "checking" mean restraint and prudence?Although calling it that way may sound a bit confusing at first glance, it is really quite accurate.

If it was in the rear, the Han tribe would allow Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla from the Korean Peninsula to mess around, but it would not work when they came to the war zone.

The soldiers of the Han Dynasty still distribute food according to the rank of the twentieth rank and the position, and if they have badges representing skills, they can also get extra preferential treatment.

The soldiers from the Three Kingdoms on the Korean Peninsula did not have any titles or badges, and the food they received was the most common level for Han soldiers.

Since the soldiers of the three countries on the Korean peninsula are guests from afar, why not give preferential treatment?In other words, they are just mercenaries, whether they are sent here voluntarily or by force, they belong to the non-Han tribe.They were employed by the Han, and they could keep 1% of what they captured on the battlefield. The Han had already paid the rewards to the courts of the three countries, so the contract that both parties should fulfill had been completed. The soldiers of the Han were rewarded for their meritorious service There are distinctions, why should there be different treatment for people who are not your own?
"Gongsun Hong has always complained." The man Lu Tai said was the heir of Gongsun Bao, the highest officer of the Baekje mercenary army.He sneered: "After being rejected by us, he said that we don't have the tolerance to be a member of China."

Don't get me wrong, what Gongsun Hong said about "one country and one person in China" refers to the country in the middle, not anything else.

From the perspective of the countries on the Korean peninsula, the vast Shijie Zhao State could not touch them, Murong Yan State retreated after fighting once, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty had a reputation of Zhengshuo but tended to be weak.They may know that the Han tribe only occupied Qingzhou, but the Han tribe has been fighting endlessly since they landed on the Korean Peninsula. It is a fact that he was beaten docilely after the friction.

What does the army rely on to maintain order?There is no impersonal military law and discipline.That is, regardless of whether it is the Han Army headquarters or the mercenaries from the Korean Peninsula, there is no humaneness to be said to the iron-blooded people.People who dare to disobey military orders have been caught and killed several times, but no one will test the law again.

"Tomorrow, let those mercenaries take the lead." Ji Chang said it as a matter of course: "That's what they are used for."

Lu Tai replied without hesitation: "That's right."

The next day, there was fog around the Yangtze River, which made the vision worse as the two banks got closer to the waterway.

Under the thick fog, if there are ships crossing the Yangtze River at this time, the only way to judge how many ships are there and from which direction is from the sound of the water.

It wasn't long before the Han army came to the edge of the long sword, but they were not unaware that there would be a thick fog in the early morning.You must know that there are everyone in the Han Dynasty now. Since the army is coming, how could it be possible that they did not collect information in advance?

The two armies are doing the same thing, setting up a sufficient number of sentry posts along the Yangtze River. If there is any disturbance on the river surface, they will ask aloud.

The morning sun in the east has not yet risen, and under the sky as white as a fish belly, the sound of drums first sounded in the camp of the Han army, and not long after that, the sound of war drums sounded in the camp of the Jin army.

In this way, there is nothing wrong. The army of Chinese civilization has the same rule of when to call the soldiers to wake up from sleep.

As the sky became brighter and brighter, the fog became thinner and thinner under the sunlight, and it didn't take long for the fog to completely dissipate. The soldiers on both sides of the two banks who were on guard could look at each other across the river from a distance, and most of them were curious. They looked at each other, but no one was foolish enough to yell and say hello.

Perhaps due to the severe influence of water vapor, there will be much more smoke than usual when burying pots, making rice and burning fire. There is a lot of cooking smoke rising to the sky in the camps on both sides of the strait. While it looks dense, the water mist has just dissipated. But there is a layer of cooking smoke covering it.

At that moment, both Ji Chang and Yu Bing were standing on the shore, they didn't notice each other's existence.

Ji Chang was watching the scenery of the Yangtze River in the early morning, and felt that the mountains and rivers were picturesque.

Yu Bing looked at the camp of the Han army with complicated eyes, and from time to time he would also look at the ships that were anchored.

(End of this chapter)