Can you live forever

Chapter 99

"I really want to shoot."

When Zhang Zhixiang and the others took advantage of the night to go away, there was a fleet standing on the Yangtze River. Yang Zhao watched Zhang Zhixiang and his army through a telescope, and it was very difficult to suppress the idea of ​​doing something.

After all, there are hundreds of thousands of people watching at the pier. If you do something at this time, the situation will completely explode, right?

"The Wang family's boat has already been evacuated. I didn't expect them to go north by land."

"Master Yang, what should we do now?"

Wang Huquan, the battalion commander of the Wang Jiajun's battalion, said that the Wang family has a century-old family business and naturally has many children. Wang Huquan is the confidant of the Wang family master and has served as the battalion commander for more than ten years.

In the past two days, their fleet has been staying five miles downstream of the pier, ready to intercept the Wang family's ship at any time.

They took 350 cannons from the imperial court and [-] cannons themselves, adding up to [-]. They have an absolute advantage on the water.

But if they pursue them by land, their preparations are not as complete as those of the Wang family.

You can't go fast with artillery.

"Don't worry, leave a force here to watch the Wang family's boat. If you dare to come out, it will be sunk immediately. If there is no boat to cross the river, Zhang Zhixiang will not be able to escape from Jianghuai."

"Nanjing has already started, he can't escape."

Yang Zhao understood how to fight this battle, but Wang Huquan was more worried about Wang Yanghao's safety, and other troops didn't care about Wang Yanghao's life or death.

"rest assured."

"They will not be dumped so easily. They will always try to cross the river to break through, or return to the waterway. We are their real opponents in the decisive battle."

"As long as he can win, Hao'er is safe."

Yang Zhao knew exactly what to do to save Wang Yanghao. He took out a map and looked at it, and said, "Let's go, go to Yangzhou, hold Yangzhou, and see if Zhang Zhixiang goes north or east, we can wait for the opportunity .”

"With one thousand direct lineages and two thousand rebels, no matter how strong their fighting power is, they can only be trapped in the Jianghuai River and die slowly."

This battle was not complicated. Under Yang Zhao's order, the fleet left five warships, and the fleet sailed down the river to Yangzhou, waiting for the situation to change on land...

……

This is a sporting battle.

But you can’t break through with Qingqi, because you can’t do it. The Jiangnan water network is densely covered. You can go north and cross several rivers. Among other things, there is a Chuhe River [-] miles north of Nanjing. If it wasn’t for them, they could build it. The pontoon bridge, the Chuhe River, which is tens of meters wide, is not easy to pass.

Not to mention other big rivers.

Now, although the Yellow River follows the line that seizes the Huaihe River and enters the sea, part of it still flows northward, diverging from Kaifeng, and the Tianjin, Jinan, Kaifeng, and Xuzhou lines are also densely covered with tidal flats.

therefore.

In the case of losing the right to control the river, the best route is to pass through the vicinity of Huai'an and head towards Qingzhou. After leaving the southern Zhili area, the control of Nanjing will be greatly weakened. It will be much less, and they can also have their own supply points.

Rather than like now, it is almost equivalent to shuttling through the enemy's territory and going deep alone.

But to go to Huai'an, we still have to cross the Huaihe River.

At this time, the Yellow River seized the Huaihe River and entered the sea. The river near Huai'an was about a kilometer wide, and the river was as vast as the sea.

So, this path still doesn't work.

"Wang Jiajun must be defeated, otherwise there will be no way around it."

In the middle of the night, after walking for more than [-] miles, they set up camp after crossing the Chu River, and marched after dawn. The soldiers had to hurry up to rest and recover their strength, while Zhang Zhixiang and the others were discussing how to fight.

Xu Ding's opinion is still this, if Wang Jiajun is not dealt with, they will not be able to break through.

But how to lure Wang Jiajun to go ashore is a big problem.

Wang Yuanzhi clicked on the map, and said: "Now the commander of Wang's army is Yang Zhao. Although this person is only a Juren during the Zhengde period, he is quite cunning."

"Although we have Wang Yanghao in hand, everyone knows that only if we win can they rescue Wang Yanghao."

"Yang Zhao won't go ashore easily."

"Unless ... we are going to run if he doesn't go ashore, he will take the risk."

Wang Yuanzhi's analysis hits the nail on the head, but how to fight, after all, he is not a professional general. He looked at Xu Ding, who was meditating over there, and Yu Dayou said, "Maybe I have a plan."

"Tell me now."

Zhang Zhixiang was looking forward to it. Seeing that the little celestial master trusted him so much, Yu Dayou's heart warmed up again. He pointed to the map seriously and said, "Yang Zhao must have thought that we would go along the river and look for opportunities to change the water route and head north."

"After all, if we don't cross the river, or change the waterway."

"Nanjing's pursuers will catch up with us at dawn at the latest. Yangzhou is 150 miles away from us and will arrive at noon tomorrow. Fengyang is 240 miles away from us and will arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest. Luzhou is 260 miles away from us. Arriving the day after tomorrow, Huai'an will be on the defensive and will block the northeast corner, but it will be slower, but we can't run directly to the east. If we are blocked on the river bank, we can only forcefully cross the river to break through. Wang Jiajun will bombard us head-on. "

"so."

"After dawn, we headed northwest, making them think that we were going to defeat the Fengyang army. Chihe was 140 miles away. Passing through Chihe, we headed north to the capital and detoured to Kaifeng. Their fleet would not be able to catch up with us."

"Knowing our army's movements, Yang Zhao will definitely lead Wang's army to Fengyang to stop in front of us."

"But we're just pretending to go northwest."

"Our real intention is... to go east."

After Xu Ding listened, he digested a bit and asked, "So, we still go to Huai'an?"

Yu Dayou shook his head and said, "No, I can't leave. The navy of the court is not only Wang Jiajun, but also many regular navy. They just don't have so many artillery."

"Huai'an is an important town, and it is guarded by sailors. We still have no way to cross the river."

"What we're really going to is...Yangzhou."

"As long as Wang Jiajun is left behind, Mr. Shouyi should be able to prepare a ship for us, right? I mean...a sea ship."

Yes.

Going north can not only go by inland river shipping, but also by sea.

but.

Wang Yuanzhi shook his head and said, "We have offended the Xu family to death, so we won't be able to go by sea."

But Yu Dayou continued to ask stubbornly: "I'm asking Mr. Shouyi if he can prepare a sea ship."

Wang Yuanzhi frowned.

But Zhang Zhixiang understood. He clapped his palms and said pleasantly: "General Yu said that as long as we have this possibility, the Wang family will not be able to sit still. It is impossible for him to entrust Wang Yanghao's life and death to the Xu family."

"So they must try their best to chase us."

"And the fastest route to the south is to take the Mangdao River. The shortest area of ​​the Mangdao River is only [-] meters wide..."

Yu Dayou nodded and said, "That's right."

"It is impossible for Yang Zhao to go ashore. We can only catch him by surprise at the narrowest part of the river. If we can annihilate the Wang family army, we can capture the warships and artillery."

"This time going north, there will be no resistance."

Yu Dayou spoke sonorously and forcefully, Cui Wen's eyes glowed and he praised several times, while Xu Ding said worriedly: "The plan is very good, but how can we keep leading them to run?"

"As long as we are blocked once in the middle, our plan will be ruined."

"It's too dangerous."

Yu Dayou didn't speak, but Zhang Zhixiang asked: "If we don't fight like this, what else can we do?"

Xu Ding opened his mouth, but couldn't come up with any other way.

Wang Yuanzhi took a puff of cigarette and said, "Since there is no other way, we can only fight like this. Let's have a good rest. At dawn, the war will begin..."

(PS: Fengyang is in the northwest, Huai'an is in the northeast, Luzhou is in the west, Yangzhou is in the east, and Nanjing is behind.)
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