As for the results of the battle, it may be the ruling core of the Chu State, including the main force of the Jianghan Chu army, the feudal monarchs of the Chu State, the ruler of the Zhigui State, and the Shangzhu State, as well as the main force of the Zhou Division of the Chu State.

After repeatedly sending scouts to reconnoiter and confirming that there were only less than 1,000 Chu people guarding the sandbank, Liuzhi's confidence became even stronger.

When the military council put forward his own statement, it was immediately supported by everyone.

According to the scheduled time, the 1st Division and two combat engineer brigades have secretly gone to the Huaishui area to prepare for strategic intersperse; Part of the army in the Nanzheng area was also about the time to go down the Han River; Presumably, the South China Sea Army has also broken through the nine peaks of Linwu and controlled the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River.

At this time, there is no need to wait any longer, if according to the established plan, it will take at least a month and a half to make the Chu people's army collapse, and then they can send troops back to Huainan.

But if the plan of the six fingers can be successful, it can be said that the pressure on the entire Jianghuai defense line and the foundation of Sishang is much less, and it may even be before the countries react, another war of annihilation in Huaibei will make it longer for the countries to send troops to intervene.

So the sappers began to build the camp in Zhongshan, and the cavalry patrolled the east side of Ba Shui to lure the enemy, but the Chu people could not hold out, but only strengthened the camp west of Ba Shui.

The convoy transported the shore defense iron cannons originally used for the mouth of Poyang Lake in Jiujiang to the Xishui camp, and some copper cannons used to break through Xiangyang in the future were also activated.

In order to make the Chu people unclear about the situation, Six Fingers also deliberately withdrew once and set up a pocket that the Chu people could not be fooled.

At that time, the Chu people were greatly puzzled when they saw the sudden retreat of the Xie Xuan army on the other side, and some of the ministers advised the king of Chu: "The news of the Mo family is transmitted very quickly, and its army retreats without a fight, it must be that something happened in Sishang." Could it be that the empty princes of Si were angry and sent troops to break Si Shang? It is better to cross the water and attack it. ”

However, someone soon vetoed: "I'm afraid that the Mo family will see that our army can't hold out, so they deliberately retreat and induce our army to attack." Our army has Ba Shui as the defense, and the boat division is solid, and it is difficult for them to break through, so they use this strategy. Do not move lightly. ”

Two days later, sure enough, the Xie Xuan army reappeared. The king of Chu was overjoyed and said: "Sure enough, there is fraud, if you don't listen to the words of the emperor, you will miss the state affairs." ”

So they insisted even more, but only built strongholds, hoarded food, and completely abandoned the east of Ba Shui.

Anyway, the elite crossing the river to harass has no effect, so they can only watch the Mo family's artillery deployment unfold.

In mid-October, the main force advanced to the east of Ba Shui and began to deploy artillery positions, sappers built pontoon bridges, and the Chu people watched from the camp.

The Mojiazhou Division began to assemble, and there was a great situation of going out of the Shazhou port to cooperate with the army to cross the Ba River, and all the members of the Chu State Boat Division gathered at the place where the Ba River entered the river, closely monitoring the dynamics of the Mo Jiazhou Division, and preparing for a decisive battle on the water.

On the evening of 17 October, the 6th Division was urgently assembled, followed by a combat engineer brigade. The soldiers of the 6th Division gathered a large number of shovels and digging tools from all over the army, and quietly boarded the sandbar at the mouth of the river in the evening, and the boats were assembled.

As soon as night came, the elite advance battalion immediately crossed the river to break through the fragile riverbank defenses of the Chu people, and the 6th Division and the 3rd Combat Engineer Brigade quickly crossed the river, and marched along the riverbank under the guidance of scouts to the northwest by the moonlight.

The commander of the 6th Division was Yu Su, a Chu man who had distinguished himself in the Battle of Moyue and defended Yimeng Mountain with a brigade in the Qi-Mo War, forcing Qi Gongziwu to give up his ambition and flee to Korea.

From the beginning of the Battle of Qimo, the Sixth Division was formed by fugitives from all over the country who were not locals in Sishang, and it is still the division that hated the nobles the most.

This division inherited the tradition of interception in Yishan back then, and was good at defense, and at the same time, there have always been many self-suffering and extreme ink fighters inside.

In the first battle of Yishan that year, the brigade representative took the lead in the charge and died, making great contributions, and then the brigade commander at that time survived Yu Su gradually became the commander of the first division.

Counting Yu Su's age, he is already about the same age, and the older generation of ink scholars at this age have died of illness and retreated, and the worst person who stayed in the army was also a brigade commander.

As the main force, several divisions have their own strengths and weaknesses within the Mo family, and each has its own advantages, and the Sixth Division, as the earliest divisions formed, is naturally the main force of the trump card.

The significance of this intersperse is too significant, and it is not that the main force will not be at ease in all aspects, especially in the face of the counterattack of the Chu people, or once the Chu army is defeated on the front line, they will cut off the back road of the Chu army to prevent the Chu people from regrouping after the rout.

It means a lot, and it is clear to him. The manager made it very clear to him.

Going around to that can neither cut off the grain route of the Chu people, nor can it cut off the support of the Chu people, but it is just like a nail, blocking the retreat of the Chu State Boat Division.

The logistics of the state of Chu can be transported to Yicheng by water, and then transported from Yicheng to Bashui by land, the distance is nothing more than dozens of miles, and there is no logistical pressure.

Moreover, this is the edge of the Jianghan Plain, the core area of the Mo family is in Huaisi, coupled with the cruel diplomatic environment in the north, a protracted war is to be avoided as much as possible for the Mo family, and it is not cost-effective to fight the Mo family for a long time.

The special geographical and hydrological environment of the Jianghan region determines that if there is a formed naval division of the Chu State, relying on the Chu capital, the Jianghan region can hold on for a long time, while the unsuspended army that penetrates into the Jianghan region is likely to be divided into several parts that are difficult to support each other by the naval division.

It was originally the matter of the boat division to get rid of the water division of the Chu State, but once it failed, the Mo family could only retreat to Jiujiang or even further back in order to stop the Chu State from controlling the Yangtze River.

Coupled with the problems of hydrology and wind direction, the probability of defeating the Chu State Sailor here is not very high, and there may only be a possibility of five or five openings, and the consequences of failure are unacceptable to the Mo family who have penetrated here.

Using the characteristics of the sandbar waterway to divide the Yangtze River, occupying the deep-water side of the hydrology and the sandbank, and using the advantages of artillery and upstream to block the waterway, the Chu State Naval Division became a backwater division, and once the land battle failed, the naval division also failed - then it was of great significance for the Mo family to pacify Jianghan in a short period of time.

Even Six Fingers told him that if he could hold on to the death and not let the main force of the Chu State Boat Division pass, then once the Mo family broke through the Bashui defense line, Six Fingers could immediately send half of his troops back to help Huainan, thus greatly relieving the huge pressure on the rear side.

This is not an exaggeration on the part of Six Fingers, but it is.

The main reason why the Chu State was able to hold on to Ba Shui was because the Chu State also had a water division, which made it impossible for the Mo family to control the Yangtze River.

The existence of this naval division made it impossible for the Mo family to attack from the flanks, and could only choose a frontal hard top. And even if it really breaks through, this naval division will not be destroyed, and the speed of the army's depth cannot be too fast.

Regarding the possibility of the 6th Division after capturing the sandbar and the Jiangxin cliff, the General Staff also gave several possibilities.

First, the Chu State Naval Division saw that the situation was not good, and quickly slipped back before the artillery arrived in place, and it would definitely not be able to stop it by relying only on the foot soldiers, and it could not be blocked without artillery.

In this case, the Mo family could control the waterway of the Yangtze River, and the elite field corps of the Chu State holding on to Ba Shui was equivalent to flanking exposure, and there was no other choice but to retreat.

And the retreat of such a large number of people will turn into a rout if they are not careful, so the possibility of the Chu State Sailor directly slipping away is very small.

Second, the sailor of Chu knew that the situation was not good, and immediately informed the king of Chu that the king of Chu was not stupid, and immediately saw the problem and sent an elite counterattack.

After all, there are some places that seem to be useless in your own hands, but once you fall into the hands of the enemy, it is as uncomfortable as being stuck in the neck.

However, the sixth division is in danger of the Yangtze River, and the sixth division is good at defense and is one of the main divisions of several main divisions equipped with flint guns.

In this case, the state of Chu will have to divide its troops, and once the troops are divided, it will create conditions for the main force to cross the Bashui River and defeat the main force of the Chu army.

As long as the Sixth Division can hold out until the main force of the Chu Army is destroyed, in fact, the task of the Sixth Division will be completed, and the loss of the naval division on the shore is equivalent to non-existence, and there is no other choice but to surrender and sink itself.

Therefore, this move seems to be dangerous, but in fact the success rate is very high, as long as the Sixth Division can play at a normal level, it is not a problem to hold on.

Further west of that sandbar was a vast swamp where no boats, let alone armies, could come.

The only rear area that may be exposed is in the direction of Echeng and Daye Mountain.

However, the Chu army there was not enough to withstand the siege of a division of troops, both in quantity and quality, and it was also the hardest hit area of Mojia activities, so it was not a problem at all.

To the south of Hubei, there is a wasteland, and the state of Chu does not have large cities there, and it can only be regarded as a theoretical land.

Six Fingers even clearly told Yu Su that as long as they could hold it, then the first skill to destroy Chu this time would be their division.

Avoid water battles, and at the same time destroy the water division of the Chu State while fighting with all your might, then the entire hinterland of the Chu State will be invisibly divided into four pieces.

Tongbai Mountain to Hanshui is a piece, including Tang, Sui, Xinshi, Xiapu, Anlu and so on.

West of the Han River, north of the Yangtze River to Shangyong, Xiling and even Yingdu Jingling as a piece.

The south of the Yangtze River and the west of the Xiangjiang River are a block, including the cities of Caihou and other cities that migrated here.

South of the Yangtze River and east of the Xiangjiang River, including Changsha and other important logistics granaries of the Chu State.

With the entire Yunmeng as the center, with the help of the boat division and the navy, the various cities of the Chu State could not be connected, and Xiangyang was blocked, Linwu was broken, and Yicheng was broken, which was the end of each defeat.

With the cooperation of the boat division, the broken plains in the Jianghan region divided by rivers can be captured with fewer troops, and there is no need to worry about the flanks being stolen.

With the cooperation of the main boat division, Xiangyang is a meat grinder to smash the Nanyang Fangcheng of Chu and the possible Qin intervention army, and the north has almost no possibility of crossing the Han River to take Xiangyang under the regain the advantage of the naval army.

In the same way, if the boat division was there, the Yue Kingdom would not dare to go north, even if it knew that the main force of the Mo family had entered the west to Jianghan, the Yue Kingdom would not dare to rush north, lest the last bit of troops be cut off and die between the Jianghuai and the Jianghuai.

With the excitement and apprehension of this heavy responsibility, Yu Su embarked on this journey of outflanking.