At noon, in the county hall of Xiazhi County, the guests were full, there were no empty seats, Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, sat at the top position, and the rest of the people sat on both sides, and all the people present could be called the most outstanding heroes and talents of this era.

On Zhang Yan's left hand side, there were Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Tai Shici, Xu Huang, Gan Ning, Zhang He, Pang De, Huang Zhong, Zhou Tai, Lu Meng, Wen Ping, Li Dian, Jiang Qin and other military generals.

On Zhang Yan's right-hand side, there were Jia Xu, Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Lu Su, Liu Ye, Feng Xi, Liang Mao, Xu You, Cui Yan, Chen Lin, Gao Rou and other strategists.

These people were all gathered here by Zhang Yan from all over the world, some were called from far away, and some held important positions nearby. Two days ago, the scout said that Ma Chao would arrive in the next few days, so Zhang Yan decided to feast the ministers, and gathered all the officials who held important positions in the vicinity here, preparing to hold a pre-war meeting after Ma Chao and others arrived, to discuss how to pacify Jiangdong, and formulate a detailed and perfect plan to take Jiangdong in a war.

In the hall, the tables in front of everyone were filled with food and drink, and in the center of the hall a group of dancers were dancing, and the musicians were sitting in the corner behind everyone, playing beautiful music with their instruments, so that there was a peaceful atmosphere.

After the song was played, the dance was also performed at the same time, Zhang Yan waved his hand at these dancing girls, and said softly: "Let's all go down!" ”

The dancers, as well as the musicians, slowly exited the hall. The hall, which had been a little crowded, has become relatively cheerful. And with the departure of the dancing girl and the musician, the originally peaceful atmosphere. I suddenly became nervous.

Then. Zhang Yan suddenly spoke: "This king has summoned you here today. It's not for the sake of inviting you to a feast. Originally, this southern expedition, this king only needs to sit in Pengcheng, transfer troops and send generals to wait for news. But this king is not at ease, and Koto is the enemy of this king. When the hussar general Chen Deng died in the hands of Jiangdong, the king had sworn that he would personally cut off Sun Quan's head to avenge Chen Deng. Now that the king has led a large army to unify the north, and now he has occupied Jingzhou, it is the time when the sun is in full swing, and the morale of the soldiers is also high. I'm afraid of trouble. Therefore, this king wants to start a war against Koto as much as possible. In one go, Jiangdong will be completely wiped out, and the entire southeast will be incorporated into the territory of the Han Dynasty! ”

"Now that the national strength of our dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous, it can be said that the soldiers are strong and strong, whether in terms of military strength or material resources, they are far more than Jiangdong several times, and His Royal Highness has mobilized elite soldiers and strong generals to gather here, and he will definitely be able to eliminate the Sun clan in Jiangdong in one go." Xu You spoke first.

The rest of the people were silent, they couldn't bear it in their hearts, and they knew that this war was inevitable. So, everyone is looking forward to being able to build merit in this war.

After a while, he saw Zhuge Liang open his mouth and said: "Your Highness, although our army is now strong and strong, Jiangdong's combat effectiveness must not be ignored. In particular, the Jiangdong Navy represented by Zhou Yu crisscrossed the Yangtze River and met the opponent in drought, and if the Jiangdong Navy was not eliminated first, then the war might have a turn for the better. Most of the officers and men of our army are northerners, many people do not know water at all, when they take a boat, they will be seasick, and they cannot fight on the water at all, if they want to attack Jiangdong, they must first capture the Chaisang garrisoned by the Jiangdong Navy Army, and eliminate it, only in this way can the morale of the Jiangdong Army be hit, and as far as I know, Zhou Yu is the spiritual pillar of the entire Jiangdong Army, if our army can first eliminate the Jiangdong Navy led by Zhou Yu, and then when crossing the river, there will be no resistance, Ma Bujun can land on the ground in Jiangdong at will without being threatened, and then drive his troops into Nanchang, where Sun Quan is located, and can completely eliminate the Sun clan. ”

Pang Tong hurriedly said: "Your Highness, I have the same opinion as Kong Ming, if you don't first eliminate the Jiangdong Navy led by Zhou Yu, it will be impossible to take Jiangdong smoothly." Zhou Yu is both wise and brave, and proficient in the art of war, proficient in water warfare, and the Chaisang garrisoned is the gateway to Jiangdong, as long as Zhou Yu and others are eliminated, it is equivalent to opening the door to Jiangdong, and then the Ma Bujun can drive straight in, invincible. ”

"Our army is strong and strong, and the morale of the soldiers is high, and they have long wanted to kill the river. Zhou Yu only has a mere 20,000 sailors, no matter how powerful he is, he can't compare to our army in terms of numbers after all. Moreover, our army's Jinling County is already on the other side of the Yangtze River, as long as the soldiers and horses are transported from Jiangdu to Jinling, and Jinling County is used as a stronghold, and the troops are divided into several ways to attack the counties under the jurisdiction of the Sun clan in Jiangdong, no matter how powerful Zhou Yu's navy is, it is only on the water, and on land, our horse infantry army can trample it on useless. Your Highness, your subordinates feel that attacking from the land can bypass Chaisang's Jiangdong naval army and make it a useless army, so that no matter how powerful Zhou Yu's naval army is, it will not be useful. Zhou Tai said.

Jiang Qin hurriedly echoed: "Yes, Your Highness, what General Zhou said is extremely true, and attacking from the land is the strength of our army, and in less than half a month, you can take the entire territory of Jiangdong!" ”

Zhang Yan heard two different opinions, thought about it for a while, and seemed that both opinions were more feasible. Because in his heart, these are also these two opinions, and for many days, he has not made up his mind whether to attack first from the water or from the land. Today, however, he had to choose one of them, and this decision would have a direct bearing on whether the entire plan would succeed.

The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first. As early as a month ago, Zhang Yan had ordered the grain and grass to be transported to the three war zones of Jinling, Xunyang, and Jingzhou. Although Huang Zhong led people to train in Dongting Lake for a long time, it would take a long time to restore the combat effectiveness of the previous Jingzhou naval army.

Although there are 30,000 elite Jingzhou sailors under Wen Ping's account, Wen Ping's mastery of water warfare is not satisfactory at all. In the past, the reason why the Jingzhou Navy was powerful was because Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, who were familiar with water warfare, were in charge of the water army.

Although Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are not right, they have to admit that they do have a set of water warfare, and they have been guarding Jingzhou for many years, relying on this water army. When the two of them were still alive, even Zhou Yu didn't dare to act rashly, and since they died, Zhou Yu had no scruples anymore and became more arrogant.

Zhang Yan also trained a naval army in Xunyang, and the last time he attacked Jiangdong, the naval army was directly beaten by Zhou Yu, and it was not Zhou Yu's opponent at all. Later, although Zhang Liao came here to continue training the navy, he was not at all an opponent at the same level as the battle-hardened sailors in Zhou Yu's hands.

If you want to train an elite navy, you can't do it in three or five years. Moreover, you must have enough practical experience.

At first, the most powerful naval army was the Jingzhou naval army, Zhou Yu trained the naval army for two years, during which he often went to Jiangxia to fight with the Jingzhou naval army, and in two years, there were no less than 100 large and small water battles. Of course, Zhou Yu's navy has lost a lot of times, and Zhou Yu himself has learned from the defeat of the battle, from the beginning of the Jingzhou navy to the bottom of the water, to basically be able to compete with each other, to the two sides have each other's victories and defeats, and finally to the Jiangdong navy every battle must win, this process is extremely complicated.

At that time, Jingzhou's officials were in chaos, Cai's party was in charge, and the Jingzhou Navy also became a tool for Cai's party to seek benefits.

And it was Huang Zu who was stationed in Jiangxia at that time, and his ability to fight water was on par with Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and he had his own army, but Huang Zu would only rely on his own ships to do brute force, and he didn't know how to use clever tricks at all, which was often defeated by Zhou Yu's army.

After Zhou Yu's long-term training of the navy, the navy soldiers gradually became a trump card army in Jiangdong, and what made it famous in the first year of Wude was the great battle, Zhou Yu won more with less, defeated the navy brought by Zhang Yan, and also defended the gateway to Jiangdong.

Now the Jingzhou Navy incorporated by Zhang Yan has changed many generals as if they were watching flowers, and they are too arrogant, so that many officers and soldiers of the Navy think they are very powerful and have begun to decline. Moreover, so far, Zhang Yan has not appointed a suitable person to command the water army.

Zhang Yan thought about it, but decided to ask for help from the many strategists present, so he asked, "What are your opinions?" Is it better to attack by water, or by land? ”

For a time, all the people present expressed their opinions, and some supported attacking Jiangdong by water, some supported attacking by land, and some supported advancing by land and water to launch an all-out attack on Jiangdong, making it difficult for them to take care of it.

But no matter which way of attacking, for Zhang Yan, it can be adopted, but the most important thing is whether the plan is feasible when attacking.

Zhang Yan raised his hand, pressed it down, and said loudly: "Everyone be quiet, your thoughts are all known to this king, whether it is by water or land, it is not a problem, the problem is, this king wants a detailed attack plan, can take Jiangdong's battle plan in one go, you might as well use your brains, think about it, and see if there is any good feasible plan to ensure that our army can occupy Jiangdong in one go." (To be continued......)