The Three Kingdoms: Summoned generals at the beginning, shocking Cao Cao

Chapter 443 The Battle of Hailing, Yangzhou Ends

"Your Highness, I have received an urgent report from the Ministry of War." Wang Shun came with a Mitsuya official document.

Liu Hao looked at the sand table in front of him and said without raising his head: "Read it."

"Your Majesty heard that His Royal Highness was attacked by a rebel navy, and has dispatched the elite navy from Yizhou to go north for reinforcements. It is expected to reach Funing in ten days, and to the battlefield for reinforcements in twenty days." Wang Yuan opened the official document and read aloud. .

"Good! That's great! With the reinforcements from the Yizhou Navy, there is no such thing as a strong city on both sides of the Yangtze River!" Liu Hao said excitedly.

He is still very clear about the strength of the Yizhou Navy. The battleships are sea monsters with more than 200 artillery pieces.Even if it is impossible to enter the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the task of blocking the coastline can be completed.There are also those frigates with dozens of artillery pieces, which are enough to travel unimpeded in the inland river.

The warships of the rebels are vulnerable, and it will be time to pacify Xuzhou.Now there are logistics problems on several parties, and they have been unable to attack Guangling City for a long time, and their morale has been hit.

For the sake of confidentiality, Liu Hao only let the senior generals know the news, and temporarily kept it secret from the junior officers and soldiers.Otherwise, letting the rebel warships slip away in advance will have an impact on the next battle.

"Your Highness, let's stop attacking and turn to the defensive. Before the logistics supplies arrive, let's rest where we are." Du Yu cupped his hands and said.

"General Du is right. Attacking rashly when morale is low may cause huge casualties." Wang Yuan echoed.

Wei Maoshi on the side said: "Send a troop to build fortifications on the east side of Xikou Town to prevent the rebels from sneaking in. You can build a camp there, and when you attack Guangling, you can let this troop wait for the opportunity to attack the rebels."

"Okay. According to your opinion, Wang Shun will lead 1 people to the east of the town to build a camp. Send a letter to General Li Cunxiao and order him to stay where he is and rest. The army of Heishui Dufu will continue to attack and impose heavy pressure on the rebels in Yandu. Pressure." Liu Hao said while moving the markers on the sand table.

"Yes, the last general takes orders." Wang Shun said.

The rest of the people also left separately and returned to the army to carry out the order.

Twenty days have passed, and Liu Hao's army and the rebels have not broken out large-scale battles except for small-scale local battles.

The two sides fell into a stalemate, and the weather had begun to heat up. Du Yu's troops were all from the north, and it was difficult for them to adapt to the hot and humid climate. Plague had already begun to appear.

Fortunately, the supply cut off by the rebels has been reopened, and the accompanying medical soldiers and locally recruited doctors helped deal with the plague, preventing the plague from breaking out in a large area.

The most worrisome thing is the defense line built by the rebels in Hailing, which is more than a hundred miles long, blocking all the eastward routes, and hundreds of large and small warships have assembled on the sea, which is really difficult to break through.

Tan Hong thought that Hailing was monolithic, without any dead ends.He has already opened a mansion in Hailing with Kong Weili and his brothers, and has appointed all civil and military officials.Like a small imperial court, many capable people and strangers from Xuzhou were used.Wang Fan was appointed as the general of hussars to lead the battle in Guangling.Lieutenants Liu Shao and Huang Youyou gathered 15 troops in Guangling City, relying on the strong city to fight to the end.

Liu Bian, who got the news, was furious in the palace, scolding Tan Hong as a bastard, who made Hailing and Guangling into a mess, and he didn't know how much it would cost to restore it to its original state.

"Damn, Guangling hasn't been captured yet, these grandsons have built another small Great Wall." Li Cunxiao cursed as he looked at the new fortifications built by the rebels in the distance.

He has fought in the north and south for many years, and he has seen the majesty of the Great Wall, as well as the walled cities in the deserts of the Western Regions.Even he felt a headache about the line of defense built by the rebels.

Yesterday, he received Liu Bian's order to return to Chang'an to attend the opening ceremony of the senior general training class of the Military and Political Academy after the Xuzhou battle was over.

He still has a headache for studying, but he knows that he still has shortcomings.So he also wanted to end the war in Xuzhou quickly. After all, Bai Qi and others in the same period had already graduated, and he hadn't gone to further studies yet, so he couldn't be promoted for the time being.

There are only a few positions for the senior generals of the big man. For Li Cunxiao, it would be too shameful not to be able to sit in the highest seats.

"Pengjing, let's mobilize elite soldiers and go down the river to blow up the water gate of Guangling from the moat." Li Cunxiao said to Zhang Pengjing.

Hearing his words, Zhang Pengjing shook his head and said: "The water gate is heavily guarded, and there are hundreds of machine guns alone. It is more powerful than ours. We are sneaking from the water and cannot carry muskets and explosives. I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed." .”

"Hey! We have to find a way, otherwise Guangling won't be able to take it down, and this line of defense will also be insurmountable, and our next battle will be difficult." Li Cunxiao sighed.

"General, I caught two tongues." Di Cang led the soldiers and escorted the two rebels over.

The two rebels were pinned to the ground, and Li Cunxiao asked, "Whose soldiers are you?"

"General, we are villagers nearby. We were captured by Tan Lun and served as soldiers under his command." A rebel said.

The other rebel was afraid that he would be killed by Li Cunxiao because he didn't speak, so he hurriedly said: "We came out to arrest the woman under Tan Lun's order. The brigade has already returned, and the two of us sneaked out to return to our hometown."

"Hmph, you dare to harm women. This Tan Hong family has no good birds." Di Cang scolded.

"Yes, yes. So we don't want to serve them, so we ask the general to let us go." He kowtowed and said.

"Let them tell what they know, and let them go." Li Cunxiao waved his hand and asked Di Cang to take them away.

After a while, Di Cang ran over excitedly and said, "General, we have a clever plan to defeat the enemy."

"Old Di has grown up!"

Both Li Cunxiao and Zhang Pengjing looked at Di Cang in surprise, this guy is a good fighter.But if you want to talk about wisdom, it is still not at the same level as his bravery.

The two didn't take his words to heart and continued to study the map.Seeing that the two ignored him, Di Cang hurriedly threw the cavalry model on the table on the sand table: "I really have a trick for slopes!"

"Then tell me." Li Cunxiao stared at Di Cang and said.

If he talks nonsense, Li Cunxiao will punish him.Looking at Li Cunxiao's face, Di Cang smiled and said, "We won't attack Guangling, nor will we attack this line of defense."

"What?" Li Cunxiao raised his hand to beat him.

"Don't, don't, general, listen to me." Di Cang retreated quickly, if he was punched, he would be unable to get up for a long time.

"Let's go north, attack Yandu from Gaoyou, and take down Yandu with the army of Heishui Dufu." Di Cang moved the marker on the sand table and said.

"Taking Yandu won't have any impact on the war. We still can't break through this line of defense. We and Heishui Dufu's troops alone can't eat Hailing." Zhang Pengjing shook his head and said.

"What if we add the [-] reinforcements brought by the Yizhou Navy from Yangzhou and Jiaozhou?" Di Cang asked.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Pengjing asked suspiciously.

Hearing his words, Di Cang laughed loudly, and took out a military order from his pocket.The military order was given by Liu Hao to Li Cunxiao, telling him to go to Yandu via Gaoyou and seize the pier for the fleet going north.

"Damn, dare to make such a joke with me." Li Cunxiao grabbed Di Cang by the collar and threw him out.

Di Cang, who was thrown, sat up from the ground, but Li Cunxiao handed over the water bottle and said, "General, shall we set off now?"

Li Cunxiao nodded: "The whole army is going!"

(End of this chapter)