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When Ni Kan heard that Pukou reluctantly accepted Duoduo's military order, because Pukou was the Jiangbei Wharf in Nanjing, he felt that it might be a little lucrative.

In this way, Jin Bing's big lump and heavy army group finally started to spread around the swamp of Gaoyou Lake from a lump.

Although Gaoyou Lake was connected to Hongze Lake in the late Ming Dynasty, most of them were swampy areas, and no large lake area had yet been formed. It took until the 22nd year of Qianlong’s reign to finally form Gaoyou Lake.

Around Mudun Island, the largest island in Hongze Lake, a large number of Ming soldiers and young adults were salvaging sunken ships from the lake. As masts were erected one after another, ships slowly surfaced.

Plop plop plop, some young adults quickly jumped into the cabin, desperately trying to scoop water out of the cabin.After a while, the hull of the boat became more and more exposed.

Human heads were exposed in several reed marshes, and the Jinbing spies were all dumbfounded.

How can there be no boats in such a large lake area, and Jiangbei is the busiest waterway for water transportation.Shi Kefa has supervised water transport, how could he not have thought of the importance of ships.

As early as when Zhu Youjian evacuated Haizhou, Shi Kefa ordered people to sink a large number of boats transported by water into Hongze Lake. At first, he just didn't want to take advantage of the gold soldiers. The fattest bait for fish.

"Go back and tell the master that the boats are all in the lake, and you must send troops to grab them quickly. If they dry out in the sun a few days later, they will be burned by the Ming army." Jin Bing's spies looked very carefully, and the sunken boats were all wet. Yes, the fire will definitely not burn now, and it is just time for the golden soldiers to snatch it.

Chapter 389: Reinforcements thousands of miles away

The night at the beginning of the month was very dark and the sky was very cold, especially when there was a river wind in Jiangbei, I felt very uncomfortable with being wet all over.

Gao Yigong stood by a hidden river in Bailizhou downstream of Yiling, waiting silently.

It was almost dawn, but there was still no sign of a ship on the upstream river.Gao Yigong was a little worried that something might happen, after all, this was the first time that a ship from central Sichuan left Nanjing Pass at night.

It is impossible for a ship to sail at night in the Three Gorges channel. In this era, even a few veteran boatmen can barely do it, but it is impossible to transport troops in this way on a large scale.

Simply because Jin Bing did not penetrate much in the Three Gorges, plus the entire Three Gorges has been banned a month in advance, and the two sides of the Strait are also strictly checking foreign accents, the Three Gorges waterway is relatively safe.

But after leaving Nanjin Pass, it is impossible to keep it secret. Starting from Yiling, all the way is plain, and if you want to keep it secret, you must fly at night.

This hidden channel in Bailizhou is the first daytime rest area to welcome the fleet. There are more than [-] such temporary docking areas in the entire middle section of the Yangtze River.Gao Yigong's troops are in charge of covering the waterway.

The sky slowly turned gray, and a layer of river mist floated on the river surface, finally revealing a section of the black hull of the upstream river.Gao Yigong gripped the handle of the knife nervously, his heart seemed to be more disturbed than killing an enemy in battle.

"Lower the sail." A soft voice came, and Gao Yigong finally saw the hull getting closer and closer.This boat is not too big, but it is very strong when seen through, as if it is made of whole wooden rafters.

A man in strange clothes jumped out of his clothes. The man was holding a narrow long knife, and his feet were wearing high-top cowhide boots, and the stones on the shore rattled.

"Why, Brother Gao doesn't know me anymore?" The visitor walked up to Gao Yigong and stared at Gao Yigong for a long time.

"Hao Yaoqi, so it's you!" Gao Yigong finally recognized the person.

"Of course, my Eighth Army is the ace army, and the organization is the first. Of course, it should be the first in war." Hao Yaoqi flustered his head triumphantly.

"Blow it! Blow it hard, can you still surpass Deng Zhirong?" Gao Yigong looked at Hao Yaoqi with contempt.

"It's really not bragging. That kid Deng Zhirong is the one who helps us train our troops. We have to watch our old buddies before we go to war. However, we are no better than that kid Li Dingguo. He became the commander of the group army at a young age. Shaanxi, this kid even fed some of our old brothers' horses!"

"Hey! We're all old, we can't accept it. Now soldiers only play with firearms, not bows and arrows at all." Gao Yigong was deeply moved.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. I'll explain it to you. My soldiers are not allowed to disembark, and all the food, drink, and salvage are on board. You send people to deliver food and grass directly to the boat, and the passing boats will do the same in the future."

"Don't worry, everything has been arranged. Make sure that each stop has sufficient food and grass supplies, and there is also a batch of medicine for seasickness, which will also be delivered."

"You underestimated our Sichuan army. When we were in the middle of Sichuan, the movement of the army always relied on water transportation. There were very few soldiers in the Sichuan army who got seasick. They all came out of practice."

"I see that you are all ships for transporting troops. Didn't your ammunition go with the ship?" Gao Yigong accompanied Hao Yaoqi to patrol the ships. There are hundreds of ships, all of which are soldiers.

"All the weapons and equipment have been sent to Nanjing in advance, and I have accumulated half a year's output of the Southwest Arsenal. I heard that it is not enough, and I have to add the output of all factories in Nanjing. The emperor is going to use explosives all the way to the capital!"

Hao Yaoqi was deeply touched by the power of the new gunpowder. What he could imagine was that so many explosives would blow up the capital.

How difficult it is to rescue hundreds of thousands of reinforcements from thousands of miles away, this is a feat in history.Probably only the Mi Army of later generations can do it.

But now is the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian thought it was impossible.Therefore, he handed over this matter to four talented people.

If Li Dingguo, Chen Zilong, Du Yinxi and Zuo Mao can't do it together, it is estimated that no one in this era can do it.

But even so, the transport capacity of the waterway can only ensure that 20 people are sent to the Jianghuai battlefield covertly, and it is only the case of simply transporting personnel.

This time when the Sichuan Army came out of Sichuan, it mobilized a total of 50 troops, otherwise, how could it fight a decisive battle with Jianghuai's million golden soldiers.

But how to transport the other 30 troops to the battlefield is still a big problem.As long as these 30 people move, the Jinbing will definitely detect them, and if they cannot reach the battlefield in time, either the Ming army will fail in the Jianghuai decisive battle, or the main force of the Jinbing will escape northward.

But in this situation, Li Dingguo and the others couldn't negotiate with Zhu Youjian at all, and the communication was too backward.

While Hao Yaoqi was bragging in front of Gao Yigong, Li Dingguo himself and Zuo Maodi had already arrived at Jiangjun Mountain ahead of schedule.

General Headquarters of General Hill Operations.

Zuo Maodi sat in the second seat, he was waiting for the others to arrive.Li Dingguo sat on a very ordinary chair in the corner of the war room, looking very quiet.Like a very ordinary soldier, or anyone who entered the door thought it was Zuo Maodi's bodyguard.

One after another, the main members of the Nanjing side all sat down. None of them had seen Li Dingguo, or had no memory of seeing Li Dingguo, such as Mrs. Xing.

Fang Jinnan and Huang Zongyi are a couple, and everyone naturally asked them to sit together.Although Wang Chengen did not have an important position, no one dared to underestimate him.

People like Fang Yizhi have always been asked to do things by others, and Zuo Maodi is surrounded by other big men Fang Yuegong and Huang Daozhou, both of whom hold great power; the rest are like Song Yingsheng. , Cheng Xianzhen, and such direct descendants filled the whole room.

Everyone whispered to each other, discussing the war in Jiangbei, and no one paid attention to the too young boy in the corner.

"Everyone, be quiet." Everyone knows that Zuo Maodi is equivalent to Zhu Youjian's first military adviser.So he presides over the meeting and no one has an opinion.Zuo Mao first said, and everyone stopped talking.

"Miss Fang, please read the emperor's latest order."

Everyone looked at Fang Jinnan in unison, Fang Jinnan blushed and stood up, it was her first official public appearance.But she actually knew everyone in this room in private, but she didn't speak in front of everyone.

"The emperor ordered Master Zuo to announce the appointment of the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jiangbei military in the second phase." Fang Jinnan took out a small note with the emperor's seal on it.

Everyone didn't find it strange when they heard it. Of course, the commander-in-chief was Zhu Youjian himself, so the deputy commander-in-chief was actually in command of the battle.

In the so-called second phase of the battle, the situation on the entire battlefield has been clarified, or there will be no major changes in the battle plan of the Ming army.What is needed now is not to plan how to lay out, but to determine how to fight.

How to fight, you need a general who can fight to lead the entire army to fight.

Everyone looked at each other, it seemed that no one in this room belonged to a senior general.Li Nian, the only senior military officer in Jiangjunshan, is not even eligible to join the membership.

It seems that everyone is still looking at Zuo Maodi himself, probably the only one who has ever commanded the army. I am afraid that this time he himself announced that he will be the deputy commander in chief.

"The emperor specifically explained before that the commander of the Jianghuai battle must be General Li Dingguo. Miss Fang, Wang Gonggong, please check the riddle of the emperor's appointment document." After Zuo Maodi finished speaking, he took out a document and handed it to Fang Jinnan .

The document was also stamped with Zhu Youjian's seal, and it was still written in riddles.Fang Jinnan and Wang Chengen can check out Zhu Youjian's absence.

"Who? Who is Li Dingguo?"

Chapter 3 Ninety: Nobody asks age

Who is Li Dingguo?