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The Huai River is thousands of miles from east to west, and it has been a place where the north and south soldiers must fight since ancient times, and it is a natural boundary.

However, in such an important place, the means of attacking and conquering throughout the ages have also made both the offensive and defensive sides clear.

At the moment, the Huai army is on the offensive side, while the Qin army is on the defensive side.

In the spring and summer, when the Huai army attacked and occupied the sky at this time, it could use the criss-crossing water network to quickly move north. But they are facing the Qin army, and the Qin army claims to have the strongest sailor in the world. Although different from the inland water division owned by the Huai army, the naval division owned by the Qin army was mainly an offshore water division, but at this time, the rivers were full, and the Qin army's naval fleet was as free in the Huaisi River.

The Qin army also had a naval division, and the Qin army was on the defensive side, so it could defend the river and occupy a favorable position.

Responding to changes with the same is Li Jing's plan for the time being.

The Huai River is so long, but there are no more than a few places for the Huai army to break through and cross the river, Yingkou, Vortex Mouth, and Sikou. And now that the General Staff has analyzed and judged that the Gao Jie troops of Yingkou and Vortex proposed by Li Jing are only suspicious soldiers, then the Huai Army's attack point is only Sikou.

So far, the General Staff has also adjusted its operational plan, and on the one hand, it has dispatched water divisions to patrol the four major rivers of the Huai River, the Bianhe River, the Yellow River, and the Ji River, and on the other hand, it has secretly transferred its soldiers and horses to the two cities of Lianshui and Supre in the east of Sizhou, but on the contrary, it has left half of its soldiers and horses in Linhuai, Sizhou.

On Li Jing's side, although Xuzhou has not yet been taken, it occupies Sizhou. Guarding Surabaya is full of initiative. Surabaya is connected to Yishui in the east. Direct access to Qingzhou. It passed through Xuzhou in the north, and then directly dug the canal connecting Jishui and the Yellow River, and communicated with Yan and Qi Prefectures to Hebei. Moreover, Surabaya is also connected to the Bianhe River in the west and the Huai River in the south.

The Huai River runs from east to west, separating the north and south, while Surabaya extends in all directions, connecting the entire eastern part of Henan. This area, which is not only a water network, but also a flat river, has an adaptable side to both the army in the south and the army in the north.

At this time, Li Jing had gathered 40,000 troops in Sizhou to guard the line on the north bank of the Huai River, and behind him were the three estuaries of the Huaikou, the Bianhe River, and the Huaikou. There are these waterways, plus the Yishui River. With the help of the sailors, Li Jing could also send troops and horses from Ziqing, Yanqi, and Song Cao to the south for reinforcements at any time.

But the current strength of the Huai army. To fight this battle, it is necessary to rely on sufficient naval forces. There is no shortage of water troops in the Huai army, Huainan Town is based on the Huai River in the north, and the Yangtze River is leaning on the Yangtze River in the south, and the inland water division is huge. But to fight with the Qin army at the Huai River, it is not surprising that it is necessary to go north from the canal and enter the Huai River. This estuary is in Shanyang, Chuzhou, an important town in Huaidong, the opposite bank is Sizhou Lianshui to the east, a little west is the mouth of the Sishui estuary, and Huainan on the opposite side is Sikou.

In Sikou, Gao Yu got up early in the morning and climbed the tower to observe the enemy's situation.

After one night, there were many more Qin army sailor warships in the Huai River, and in the past two days, a new batch of sailor warships arrived every day, and these Qin army sailors pounced like cats smelling fishy.

Gao Yu silently counted the warships on the river on the tower, and soon, he had counted almost 500 warships, including ten five-story building ships, more than 30 three-story fighting ships, and the remaining medium-sized sea falcons and warships were also quite a few. In addition, there are many boats, yachts, assault boats, etc.

If these warships were fully manned, they would be able to carry at least 30,000 horses, or even 50,000 at most.

Gao Yu's face became more and more ugly, and he suspected that Qin Jun had discovered the truth on their side. Otherwise, even if the Qin army increased its troops, it would be impossible to transfer the main force to the direction of Sikou, but it should stay in Linhuai.

It's not that Gao Yu didn't want to attack early, three days ago, Zeng Yuanyu on the other side of the river only had 20,000 troops in his hands, and now he may have 50,000.

It's just that if he wants to go north and cross such a wide Huai River, especially in the face of the Qin army guarding the bank with a naval army, Gao Yu can only wait for his sailor to come.

Compared with the sailors of the Qin army, the sailors of the Huai army seem to be a little inadequate, as if the city and the countryside are as distinct. The Qin army has several large shipyards, there are dozens of small and medium-sized shipyards, Dengzhou Liaonan trade has been prosperous in recent years, and the shipbuilding industry is also extremely developed, Li Jing has several large shipyards to make warships, which makes the warships of the Qin army naval division are extremely beautiful and powerful warships, compared to the Huai army's side of a large number of ordinary merchant ships composed of sailors, it is simply heaven and earth. Therefore, the real soldiers and horses of the Huai Army's Northern Expedition were 80,000 horses and horses of the three armies of Ma Bu Shui, including more than 2,000 ships of the navy division.

The Huainan Army is not without money, but first, the huge building ships are not needed much in normal times, and there is a lack of powerful shipyards in Huainan, and sometimes, if you have money, you must be able to buy anything.

Gao Yu Zhiludao's uncle handed over the main force of the Northern Expedition to him, which was also a public discussion. Even the forty-fifth Lang Gaojie, who took advantage of the attack on Haozhou, was suddenly transferred to Huaixi to lead a group of people as suspicious soldiers, and all his soldiers were handed over to him, and he was very dissatisfied.

However, Gao Biao was able to entrust such an important task to his forty years, not only because he was a nephew. Speaking of which, Gao Jie has just captured Haozhou, and he was not only the general of Zuo Xiaowei before, but also served as the assassin of Yanzhou, and served as the commander of the coastal naval army, how can he be more suitable for the position of commander of the Northern Expedition. Taking a step back, there are still generals in the army, such as Liang Zhang, Yu Gongchu, and Yao Guili, but the position of the commander of the last place fell on his head.

In addition to the fact that he is Gao Jie's brother, Gao Biao's nephew, and Gao Jia's own family, more importantly, he has always been more valued than Gao Jie in Gao Jie's eyes, which naturally shows that he is stronger than Gao Jie. Of course, it is not ruled out that changing him to be the commander this time also has the intention of confusing Qin Jun.

Gao Jie had already won Haozhou before, but he was still replaced, which fully shows that Gao Biao's ambition for Xuzhou and Haozhou this time is bound to win.

Li Jing wants to eat the probation army, and his uncle also wants to eat the probation army, and he will move his whole body, originally this battle advantage is in a quick battle, but he knows very well that there is only one chance to capture Xu Hao, if the first attack is not won, then it is impossible to have another chance, at least in the short term.

Therefore. Gao Yu suppressed the demands of his subordinates for an immediate attack in the past two days. Instead, they were waiting for the arrival of the follow-up troops of the Huai Army Water Division.

He looked at the Qin Army's sailors in the river. The battleships were luxurious and tall, and the banners were neat, even if they were only cruising at this time, they were lined up in an orderly array on the river.

The Qin army on the opposite side could obviously see this, and in the clairvoyant mirror, Gao Yu clearly saw that on the fifth deck of the largest building ship opposite, an officer of the Qin army who was also holding a clairvoyant mirror was chuckling at him with disdain. and raised a middle finger at him.

He understood the sneering smile, but he had never heard the meaning of the middle finger, and he guessed that it might be a mocking and contemptuous gesture in the Northeast or Khitan somewhere. Thinking of this, Gao Yu couldn't help but raise a middle finger at the officer, and then he clearly saw that the other party's face was stunned for a moment.

Several other Huai Army officers who were also holding clairvoyant mirrors couldn't help but cheer up when they saw that Qin Jun was so rude.

"Young marshal, when the last general goes out to rush and kill for a while, let these Liao dogs know that my Huai army is not easy to mess with!" The first to be uncontrollable was Gao Yu's deputy general Chen Hui, who was also a veteran who was very trusted by Gao Yu. As Gao Yu's deputy general this time, it is also Gao Yu's intention to supervise Gao Yu on his behalf.

Chen Heng asked for battle. The generals responded one after another, Feng Shou, Yu Gongchu, Yao Guili, Dong Jin and others said: "Exactly, is it possible that I am still afraid of these Liao dogs!" ”

"Give a hundred boats to a certain one, and immediately extinguish their arrogance!"

Gao Yu only listened to a few words, and then said coldly: "The county king is a certain handsome, and there is no marshal who will order those who attack without permission to be forgiven!" ”

In an instant, the crowd fell silent.

Although Gao Yu is a little younger, the generals just opened their mouths, and they also had the intention of not accepting Gao Yu to take the opportunity to make noise, but when Gao Yu said such a thing, naturally no one dared to continue to rely on the old and sell the old.

"Generals, don't lose a big deal because of a small thing." Gao Yu lowered his tone a little, "The generals should know that we are still in a state of secrecy, and this is done in order to concentrate on the strength of the force, and then take Li Jing by surprise, and the battle will be decided by Xu Si." Now because of the provocative actions of the other side, we will rush out. Even if we destroy the other party, it will only expose our strength here at this time, and let the other party guess our all-out offensive intentions. ”

The Huai army was in a maze formation, mobilizing and arranging troops and horses everywhere, but there were actually only thousands of men and horses here. Although Gao Yu suspected that Chen Jun had mastered their plans, now was not the time to act rashly.

He also wanted to do it earlier, and if he wanted to blame the damn Liang Zhang, he actually capsized in Hu Douzhou, causing a group of ships to be transferred to Hu Douzhou and destroyed. As soon as Hu Tuzhou was defeated, Yangzhou had to make adjustments to deal with Zhou Bao, which made Gaoyu's soldiers and ships unable to arrive for a long time, and the plan to attack was repeatedly postponed.

On the other side of Sikou, in the camp of the Qin Army's naval division, Li Jing saw the detachment that had gone out of Lu to change its guard and come back, and after a while, Li Xu walked in.

Li Jing did not show his banner at this time, he stayed in the big tent of Li Xu, the commander of the Nutao Army, and on the side, there were still two military masters, Megan and Julie, as well as Zhang Lie, Meng Yang and other naval generals.

Li Xu came in and saw that everyone's faces were not very good, just now Li Jing conveyed to the generals of the Navy that the entire army of Jianghai Town in Hu Tuzhou was destroyed, the first fleet of the Lingbo Army was destroyed, and the commander of the Lingbo Army, Wu Qian, was killed in battle.

Wu Qian, as one of the four armies of the Navy, is the commander of the Lingbo Army, and Megan, Julie, and Li Xu are called the Four Dragons of the Sailor Division, but now, Wu Qian, as the veteran of the Navy, has died in battle. The total annihilation of the First Fleet of the Navy Lingbo was a great blow to the entire Naval Division, which had never been wiped out in this way in the years since the establishment of the Naval Division.

In particular, the four people who were in the tent at this time, including the second fleet of the Ling Bo Army, Meng Yang, the owner of the third fleet, Wang Qingcheng, the owner of the fourth fleet, and Zhao Kai, the owner of the fifth fleet, gritted their teeth even more and were extremely angry. This time, if it weren't for the fact that their four fleets had been ordered to go north to cooperate with Zeng Yuanyu's offensive against Mi, Hai, Yi, and Si Prefectures, if they had stayed in Huzhuzhou and had a complete Lingbo army, they would not have been afraid of a surprise attack by the Huai army at all, and there would have been no annihilation of the First Fleet and the Ninth and Eighteenth Township Armies.

"Why, the other party was not provoked by you?" Li Jing saw Li Xu come in and asked out loud, breaking the dull atmosphere in the tent.

Li Xu shook his head and told the specific story.

Pinching his chin and groaning for a while, Li Jing became more and more firm in his judgment, the real main force of the Huai army must be in Huaixi, and it is very likely to be in Huaikou on the other side. However, the accuracy still needs to be verified.

His gaze swept over Zhang Lie and other officers of the Lingbo Army who were still immersed in emotions such as grief and self-blame, and said: "This king gives you a chance to avenge Wu Qian and the First Fleet, tonight you can lead the fleet to attack the Huai army camp opposite, who of you is willing to go?" ”

As soon as Li Jing's words fell, Zhang Lie, Meng Yang, Zhao Kai, and Wang Qingcheng all immediately stood up violently and replied loudly: "Your subordinates, please fight." ”

Even Julie, Megan, and Li Xu, the three military masters, all spoke together and were willing to lead their troops there.

Li Jing's gaze swept over a few people, looked at everyone's fighting spirit, and said in the last word: "Okay, you guys go together tonight!" (To be continued......)