"Huh?"

Looking at the river in the distance, Kang Lu suddenly frowned.

"Those guys also have some means to block the river?"

I saw that on the wide Yangtze River, dozens of warships sat directly on the river, completely blocking the entire Yangtze River, making it difficult for any warship to cross. In this case, if they wanted to cross the Yangtze River and directly rely on the naval army to rush to the city of Anqing, it would be a complete failure.

Zhou Cheng also frowned and asked, "Can't you break it?"

"It's hard. ”

Kang Lu shook his head and vetoed: "Look at the appearance of the wreck, there are obviously a lot of stones in it, otherwise it will be easily washed away." If these stones are allowed to sink into the river, it will be even more difficult for us to cross. Even if you have to send someone to salvage it, it will take at least a few weeks. ”

"So long?"

Zhou Cheng's eyebrows were tightly locked, and he looked at the Yangtze River.

Although Xiao Feng has not issued a deadline for what time period must be taken by Anqing, but with the current situation, if the battle situation drags on for one more day, the army will consume more materials, which will definitely affect other operations. Moreover, if the Yuan army is allowed to occupy Lin'an for one more day, the greater the damage caused to the people in the city, which is also intolerable.

Zhou Cheng didn't want to sit still like this, so he naturally wanted to capture Anqing as soon as possible so as to control the entire Yangtze River basin.

"It's nature. Kang Shu replied, "And this is when those guys have not interfered. If the other party takes advantage of this time to attack, I am afraid that it will take longer. ”

Zhou Cheng's expression became solemn, and he said, "If that's the case, then wouldn't we have to go by land?"

Among the Huaxia army, the biggest advantage is the steel battleship in this naval army, and it is precisely because of this that Zhou Cheng thought of relying on the excellent performance of the steel battleship to directly break the blockade of the other party and directly attack Anqing.

Now, however, the channel is completely blocked, and it is clear that the previous tactics have to be abandoned.

"Perhaps, that's all it takes. ”

Kang Lu replied helplessly, still unwilling in his heart.

It really made him feel uncomfortable that the steel battleship was thrown aside like this, but as far as the current situation was concerned, it could only be like this.

Zhou Chang sighed and replied, "Since that's the case." Let's go back. After all, if you want to capture Anqing by land, I am afraid that you will have to rely on the two generals Gundam and Lu Wenhuan. ”

They have a total of 30,000 horses, including 20,000 infantry troops and 10,000 sailors. As officials of the Song Dynasty, Gao Gao and Lu Wenhuan were more familiar with the territory of the Song Dynasty, and their talents were indeed good.

When he arrived in Ezhou, Duan Ling walked over quickly and asked, "How did you investigate this time?"

"It's bad. ”

Zhou Cheng sighed, and then told Duan Ling what he had seen.

After hearing this, Duan Ling immediately scolded: "What a bastard, you actually use such despicable means?"

"Despicable?"

Zhou Cheng glanced at Duan Ling sideways, and Duan Ling was suddenly dumbfounded.

On the battlefield, there has always been only life and death, not to mention benevolence, righteousness and morality, as long as the means taken can be effective, where to involve somewhere else.

"If so, then we must not go ashore?"

After a while, Duan Ling also realized the problem.

Zhou Cheng closed his head and replied: "Probably it can only be like this." "The waterway is no longer passable, if you want to capture Anqing, you must rely on the army to act, if this is the case, then they will not be able to give full play to the advantages of the warship, and will be forced to fall into a war of attrition that consumes troops, which will also have a considerable impact on the actions of the Huaxia Army in the future.

"Alas!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Cheng and Duan Ling both sighed.

At this time, Gao Gao and Lu Wenhuan came from a distance, and the two of them saw Zhou Cheng, Duan Ling and others worried, and hurriedly asked, "Seeing you like this, didn't you encounter any situation?"

"Hmm!"

Zhou Cheng nodded, and then told the two of them the news he had discovered before.

After hearing this, Gundam was also surprised: "I thought that the solution was nothing more than that, but I didn't expect to think of this method?

"It's just that I don't know who the Anqing Mansion guard is?

The impact of the shipwreck and the broken river is two-way, although the Yangtze River naval army cannot attack Anqing along the river, then the Anqing naval army will naturally not be able to dispatch, taking advantage of the Yangtze River water conservancy to retreat, and even affecting the Yuan army from Lin'an.

And without the water army, the huge Anqing is tantamount to self-defeating, and can only choose to fight against the water!

Zhou Cheng replied: "I heard that the person is called Xie Cheng, and his generals include Zhang Xi, Zhang Rongshi and others. By the way, I heard that in Anqing, there seems to be Fan Wenhu. He also worked as a collaborator to help keep Anqing together. ”

"Fan Wenhu?"

Hearing this name, Gao Gao's fists clenched suddenly, the reason why he fell into that desperate situation before was because Fan Wenhu escaped from the battle, and now this guy actually appeared in Anqing Mansion, which really made him ecstatic.

Lu Wenhuan's eyes were also burning, and he muttered: "Fan Wenhu, I thought this guy had escaped a long time ago, but I didn't expect it to be still there? ”

For Fan Wenhu, Gao Gao and Lu Wenhuan will have great grievances with each other at that time.

"Exactly. ”

Zhou Cheng replied: "It's just that they are huddled in Anqing Mansion now, and if they want to defeat each other, it will be too painful." So I'd like to ask the two. We are waiting for what we should do to defeat the other party and seize Anqing Mansion. ”

"This, isn't it possible to rely on the strength of our army alone?" asked Lu Wenhuan.

Zhou Cheng replied: "Of course it's not impossible. It's just that I think we have to devise a perfect way to ensure that we can completely destroy the other side, and not just consume our forces here. After all, the strength of our army is also limited, and it cannot be buried so easily. ”

"That's just as well!"

Lu Wenhuan approvingly, if it was just to deal with it, Zhou Cheng might not be as good as them, but if it was about this strategic policy, Zhou Cheng, who had been trained, would be more than two.

This is also the reason why the two of them listened to Zhou Cheng's opinion.

"Hmm. If you want to annihilate the defenders of Anqing Mansion, you must occupy the two cities of Taihu Lake and Tongcheng so that they can be completely surrounded and it will be difficult for them to escape. ”

Gundam pondered for a moment, and then expressed his opinion: "If you want to capture Taihu Lake, it is simple, just follow the Wangjiang River and enter Da Lei Ze, and naturally you can rely on the advantage of the water army to include Taihu Lake and Suzhou into our army." However, Natong City is located in the northeast of Anqing Prefecture, and if you want to capture it, you have to take a detour. Now that the Changsha wind ferry has been cut off by the other party, if you want to capture Tongcheng, you have to send troops ashore, and then cross the Yangtze River through Chizhou, so as to be able to attack Tongcheng. Its marching route is too complicated, and if one is not careful, it can be easily defeated by the opponent. ”

"Is that so?"

After hearing this, Zhou Cheng thought for a moment: "It's just like this, wouldn't the second marching route be too dangerous." After all, if you go deep behind the enemy, if there is an accident, it is likely that the whole army will be wiped out. ”

"Are you going to choose only the first one?"

Gundam was a little surprised, and then reminded: "But you have to be clear, if we don't capture Tongcheng and cut off the logistics supply of the absolute side, then if we want to capture Anqing, I don't know how long it will last." ”

Since the Yangtze River channel was cut off, if Anqing Mansion wants to get Lin'an support, it must go to Tongcheng.

And if the Huaxia army occupies Tongcheng, it will naturally be able to cut off Lin'an support, and the entire Anqing Mansion will also fall into isolation, and after the grain and grass are exhausted, even if they don't want to surrender, it will be difficult to continue to support.

"Hmm. That's a good point. Zhou Cheng also agrees with this.

The defenders of Anqing Mansion are not fools, and if they see that they can't resist, they will naturally offer assistance to Lin'an.

Even if they wanted to stop it, but the Yangtze River was blocked, they naturally couldn't prevent the other party from getting support, and if they wanted to defeat the defenders of Anqing Mansion at that time, they were afraid that they would have to pay a lot of price.

If you want to capture Anqing Mansion as soon as possible, you must take Gundam's suggestion, although this plan is quite risky, after all, there is no naval support along the way, if there is any accident, it is easy to overturn, and the loss at that time is not small.

"Huh. Isn't there a way? In that case, what are we discussing, let's just take action. Duan Ling probably felt bored, and interjected directly.

Zhou Cheng felt a little nervous, and hurriedly persuaded: "Although this is the case, do you know the danger of this method? Don't forget, the Yangtze River has been blocked, and it is difficult for us and other naval forces to provide support at all." What if the enemy attacks you?"

"Then watch them occupy Anqing Mansion, and we just do it, can't we do anything?" Duan Ling sneered and said, "Don't forget the purpose of the lord, if you continue to delay like this, don't you know when you will be able to succeed?" After looking Zhou Cheng up and down, he said again: "Of course, if you are afraid, you can not go." But I'm not interested in staying here and watching, so I might as well leave it to me this time. ”

Duan Ling was in a hurry, and before everyone could discuss how to act, he directly chose the task he was taught.

Zhou Cheng saw that the other party had made up his mind, and did not continue to persuade: "Okay." Since you're willing to take on the heavy lift, I won't stop you. It's just that this place is the Song Realm, and you are not familiar with the situation here, so it is better to match you with another person, if you encounter the local defenders, you can persuade them to surrender, so as not to consume troops for no reason, isn't it?"

"That's just as well!"

Duan Ling had no opinion on this, and this time he went, there would definitely be a lack of logistical supplies, and if he wanted to maintain the operation of the army, he would naturally need to rely on the help of the local people.

At this time, Gundam came out and said, "In that case, why don't you let me go with you?" I have always been familiar with the local area, and if I meet an acquaintance, I may be able to help you talk about it to avoid unnecessary losses. Isn't it?"

"Then I'll leave it to you all the way. Duan Ling thanked him.

If Gundam had helped, it would have been much easier to do this time.

Gundam smiled and replied, "That's nature. After all, I and Na Fan Wenhu, but we still have some accounts to settle. ”