Chapter 1019 is full of vitality (additional update for the alliance leader Qing You Zhenxin)
The heavy rain finally fell.
In an instant, the entire surrounding area was shrouded in continuous rain and fog.
On both sides of the Yingshui River, there were constant sounds of running and shouting.
The water in the past two days has been quite heavy. It has actually rained in various places in Yuzhou for a while, and the water in Yingshui has surged, making the troop carriers who were unloading the goods screamed.
"Someone has fallen into the water!" A shrill cry suddenly came out through the rain and fog, which shocked people.
Zhang Shuo, wearing a raincoat, passed by Pichi without even looking at it.
Can you believe that the soldiers of the boat division are not even good at swimming?
He was excited at first, but now he suddenly discovered that compared with the Jin Navy, the Daliang Navy was a weak force, and the combat effectiveness of the two land divisions was exactly the opposite.
"General Zhang." Inside the awning, Yin Yi stood up and reluctantly forced out a smile.
Zhang Shuo glanced at the extremely clean shoes under Yin Yi's feet, then looked at the banyu placed in the corner of the awning, sat silently on the bed, and took off his shoes.
Yin Yi's face changed immediately, his lips trembled slightly, and finally he said nothing.
"I was the one urging him before, but Master Zu said the time was not yet ripe. Then I stopped urging him, and Master Zu was in a hurry to start something again. Why?" Zhang Shuo asked after throwing his boots to the ground.
"There was a reason for not fighting before." Yin Yi said patiently.
"Tell me and listen."
"The family members of the military academy are all in Xuzhou and have not had time to move. There is quite a shortage of food and grass, which can only meet the needs of three months. It also took some time to win over the wealthy families in the county."
"How is it now?"
"Most of the family members of the military academy have been moved here. If Sima Su, the prince of the puppet Jin Dynasty, hadn't inspected Jiangbei, the move would have been smoother." Yin Yi said, "The food and grass can last for more than half a year."
"That much?" Zhang Shuo asked in surprise.
"That's all." Yin Yi replied.
"It's better to fight early." Zhang Shuo's face fell and he said displeasedly: "Either we postpone it until autumn and winter, or we started fighting two months ago. What's going on now?"
Yin Yi was so scolded that his anger welled up, and his words were a little emotional. He said, "Director Wang is not a fool. He was too busy with persuading people to join him and ascend the throne before, so he had no time to take care of it. Now he almost has his hands free. It happened that Zhang Jun and his contemporaries thought they had a plan and were about to take action before they could see it. Moreover, my lord asked a wise man from Wu to use the wind angle to predict the situation, and Shouchun was worried about a large army. "< br>
"Do you believe this?" Zhang Shuo was shocked.
"Why don't you believe it?" Yin Yi was even more shocked.
Zhang Shuo stood up suddenly, too lazy to talk to this person anymore.
He calculated it carefully.
In fact, what Yin Yi said is not unreasonable.
Transferring Zu Yue from Xuzhou was actually just part of the plan of the Jianye court. Their ultimate goal was to have Zu Yue join the court and serve as a noble official, thus preventing his troops from becoming the Zu family army and being unable to be used by the court. .
The emperor visited Guanzhong in the west and the army conquered Liangzhou. For the Jianye court who didn't know the inside story, wouldn't it be an excellent opportunity to deal with internal problems? It's just that they could have been faster.
Of course, Sima Rui only ascended the throne in March and had a lot of things to deal with, so he kept everything calm, which gave Zu Yue an extra three months.
Now it seems that he has not made good use of these three months.
Xiashi Mountain was under control, and a new city was built on Bagong Mountain. In addition, a batch of grain, grass and equipment were hoarded, and some family members of the military academy were moved to Shouchun so that they could follow the attack with confidence and boldness.
In addition, the efforts to win over Huainan officials and wealthy families were seriously insufficient, which may be due to fear of leaks.
Besides, no, no, no, why are you going to Xuzhou to recruit your old subordinates? Isn't this just a warning?
The Jianye court had already concluded that the ancestral covenant was going to be broken, and Zhang Shuo was sure of this.
Zu Yue seemed to have vaguely smelled such a dangerous smell, so he sent Yin Yi over, intending to take action immediately...
This response is not too bad. Using the fast to defeat the slow is the essence of the art of war.
Thinking of this, Zhang Shuo stood in front of Yin Yi, stared at him, and asked: "Now that the matter has come to this, Master Zu has made up his mind? You must know that there is no turning back after doing something, and you can't give up halfway, otherwise you will die without a trace. ”
Yin Yi's heart trembled when he heard this, and he gritted his teeth and said: "General Zhang, please relax. Hefei seems to have seen something. They neither obey orders nor transport food and grass. If they delay it any longer, they will have no chance of winning. My lord I have made up my mind.”
Zhang Shuo nodded, and then said angrily: "It has been almost half a year since I came to Shouchun. I can't even take Hefei, and the military morale is not very good. I still want to rebel like this. It's pure fantasy."
"That's all, that's all, let Shouchun go. I will fight this battle. I will just lead my troops to sweep out the suburban counties."
"That's it, hurry up and report back."
Yin Yi bowed and left.
This time, Zhang Shuo didn't wait too long. In the afternoon of the next day, Yin Yi arrived at Yingkou by boat again and entered the camp for a secret discussion.
In the early morning of the 23rd day of the leap month, the clouds closed and the rain dispersed.
Within the Yingkou camp, the first army opened the camp gate and arrayed in the wilderness.
A ship was pulled out of the Pichi and began to load supplies.
The war machine roared into action.
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Although the Jianye court had not yet made a formal decision on the day of Sima Rui's family banquet, advance preparations had already been made.
The fleet set out from Jianye and gathered in Guangling in just one night. "General Su..." Sima Pei looked at Su Jun with some embarrassment.
"The prince can stay in Guangling to transfer the supplies. I will take care of the matter of fighting in battle." Su Jun cupped his fists and saluted, then nodded towards his younger brother Su Yi.
"Brother, don't worry. I will move to Tangyi tomorrow and set up a fence on the road to prevent thieves from sneaking here." Su Yi said.
Su Junsui stopped talking nonsense and boarded a ship with a steady pace.
Behind him, dense footsteps sounded, and soldiers jumped onto the deck one after another and joined the expedition team.
The flag was flying on the river.
Silent warriors almost filled the deck, numbness written on their faces.
After the first boat was filled with people, the trackers roared together, then shouted a rhythmic chant, towed the boat with heavy steps, and headed north.
The brand-new ships sailing on the ancient canals are filled with a strange sense of harmony.
Sima Pei looked at the flags flying in the wind and listened to the war drums resounding on the river bank, as if he could smell the unique atmosphere of the battlefield. For a moment, the nearly thirty-year-old man actually felt passionate about going into battle...
Under the stone city across the river, floods surged and violent waves crashed on the shore.
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Suddenly, the rumble of war drums sounded, and a ship appeared on the river.
The southeast wind blew strongly today, and the big ship sailing from Jingkou sailed upstream and sailed very fast. When they approached Hepu under Stone City, they adjusted the sail and slowed down.
The banner "Supervise the Military Mountains in Yangzhou Jiangbei" appeared on the shore.
This is another post of Hou Shan Xia Shan Yanlin in the Northern Army, in order to have the reputation of dispatching land and water troops from all over Yangzhou.
The big ship was getting closer and slower.
Soon, there was only a loud "bang" sound, water splashed from the bow, and the boat anchored more than ten steps away from the shore.
Shan Ya held the sword in his left hand and twirled his beard with his right hand, quietly watching the sailing giant ship.
This boat is more than twenty feet long and three feet above the water. It looks like a pavilion road on the river. It can carry six hundred soldiers. They can kill with rackets, crossbows, iron juice and even individual weapons in the hands of the soldiers. enemy.
There is no doubt that this is the master of Soochow's shipbuilding technology, and it is also the most powerful warship in the world - if there is a place with the second best shipbuilding technology, it must be Shuzhong. They like to build even boats, which look like A moving water tower, rather than a battleship, it could carry up to 2,000 soldiers.
"Wow!" A small boat was put down from the warship.
After a while, more than ten people got off the boat and rowed towards the shore.
"Lu Wan has met the governor." General Fenwu and Wu Jun Lu Wan were wearing leather armor and covering a fake bell, looking majestic.
"With the help of Mr. Lu, great things will come of it." Shan Xia said with a smile.
There was a clear Wu Jun accent on the warship, floating far away with the wind.
The ship belonged to the imperial court, but the boatmen operating it and the soldiers fighting were from the Lu family.
"The Shao thieves have unified the northern land, so they must have many elite soldiers and strong generals." Shan Ya continued: "When the ancestral covenant is being dealt with, if the northern troops go south, the chance of victory will be the naval army. This battle depends on Shi Yao."
"I have passed the destined age and am very old." Lu Wan shook his head and said, "If I had not known that Shouchun was missing, I would have been living idle at home. The post of governor of the Liyang navy should be shouldered by the younger generations."
Shanya laughed when he heard this and said, "We'll talk about it after this battle is over."
While the two were talking, many ships were coming from east to west, and most of the people manning the ships were private soldiers of the powerful Soochow clan.
Wu's safety is indeed inseparable from them. If they don't support it, to put it bluntly, you won't even be able to gather the navy officers and soldiers.
In the year when Soochow was overthrown, the Soochow navy registered by the Jin army actually had more than 5,000 large and small ships, most of which were unmanned and were confiscated by the Jin army.
"Dong dong..." Another drum sound came from the west.
A large ship of the same type raised its stone anchor and set sail slowly.
The banner of "Commander Shitou, Navy, Army and Military Sima" is fluttering in the wind. This is the new position of Sima Yi, King of Xiyang.
His governor-general Jianye led more than 20,000 land and sea troops to march westward. At present, more than 8,000 people have been gathered. The first batch of 5,000 naval troops will lead the way to Hefei.
In addition to more than 10,000 Liyang naval forces, 20,000 Dongguan land and sea troops, and 5,000 forbidden army infantry and cavalry led by Shan Xia, the total army of nearly 60,000 people marched westward along the Yangtze River in a mighty and mighty manner. Huainan.
Outside the Stone City, there were countless Jianye scholars and people watching the ceremony.
At the most beautiful place, Prime Minister Wang Dao quietly looked at the river.
The naval force was in unprecedented glory, but the land force was slightly lacking and seemed a bit top-heavy.
But Jiangdong is like this. You can't have both a powerful navy and an invincible cavalry. That's unrealistic.
Crown Princess Shan Yinan, accompanied by Danyang Yin Shanwei, pointed at where Shanya was.
"In this battle, Jiangdong's wealthy families are still supportive. They promised to send more than 40,000 land and water troops, but the group has assembled no less than 15,000, and they have been divided into Jianye, Liyang, and Dongguan. If there is a big victory, Yanlin's reputation will be The sun is rising, and the governor is Chinese and foreign—" Shan Wei spoke with great enthusiasm.
Shan Yinan had a reserved and reserved smile on his face. When he heard the last sentence, he turned his head slightly and looked at Brother Cong calmly.
Shan Wei shut up.
Warm cheers suddenly erupted outside Stone City, and another larger "Northern Expedition" naval force was dispatched.
What a lively scene!
(End of chapter)