Han Xiang

Chapter 339 Who Is Faster Than Cao Cao?

Jia Xu smiled, and replied calmly: "As the saying goes, soldiers are valuable and fast, and the supplies and supplies are for the [-] army to go to the north. Now that we are not going to deal with Yuan Shao for the time being, and there are [-] soldiers on the Huainan battlefield, let's unload the supplies and supplies first. The next part is at Guandu, so why not give up the space on the ship to the soldiers?"

"It seems to be okay." Xun You couldn't help but nodded in agreement.

Cao Cao clapped his hands and smiled, pointing to Jia Xu for affirmation: "Wen He's suggestion is very good, let's continue."

"Yes." Jia Xu nodded and said, "Just now Gongda mentioned that Zhou Yu's army is strong. Why didn't Minggong let Chen Yuanlong move? Let him contain Zhou Yu in Guangling, and we quickly marched into Huainan by water, before Sun Quan called Zhou Yu to support him." Defeating him will not take Jiangdong in one fell swoop, but it will also seriously hurt Sun Quan's vitality."

"Any more?"

Cao Cao crossed his legs hanging by the side of the couch, and put on an expression of being excited and eager to hear.

Jia Xu didn't dare to keep it private, and continued to add: "Huainan was originally Yuan Shu's territory, and the Sun family's foundation is not deep at present. In fact, they only control a few counties in the south of the Lujiang River. Why didn't Minggong use a few counties as a bait to attack?"

When Cao Cao, Xun You, and Guo Jia were thinking about the details, Cao Hong, the general who stayed behind, asked puzzledly: "Sun Quan tried his best to win the spring of life. Shouldn't we stay on the front line of Feishui and Shishui?"

Inspired by Cao Hong, Zhang Liao clasped his fists and reminded loudly at this time: "My lord, don't forget that there is Long Xiang in Hefei. If the army goes directly to Lujiang, the soldiers from Hefei may harass our grain roads."

As soon as Cao Hong and Zhang Liao finished speaking, all the generals in the tent began to whisper. Cao Cao waved his hand noncommittally, signaling to all the generals to keep their voices quiet and not to disturb Jia Xu.

When Jia Xu looked around, he smiled and nodded to everyone, and then explained to Cao Cao.

"There are so many boats in the east of the river and they are good at water warfare. Why do we want to touch their strengths? Shouldn't we use our strengths to avoid weaknesses? In this battle, we only need to ensure that longevity is not lost, and then attack the Lujiang River directly by land. If the troops from the east of the river dare to go ashore, we will adopt a siege point." In the aid tactics, if Sun Quan is desperate to attack Shouchun, he will directly block the Ruxu Shuikou with heavy troops, and all future enemies will be trapped on the line of Shishui and Feishui, and maybe they can be wiped out in one go."

"Miao Miu Miu"

Cao Cao pointed at Jia Xu's three-fold praise, and praised him happily in front of everyone: "Wen He is indeed wise and far-reaching. If you don't talk about it, you will become a blockbuster. This time you will use your plan to attack Huainan."

Jia Xu could feel the burning eyes of others, and said in his heart that I really don't want to be praised, but Cao Sikong always won't let me keep a low profile. He thought about changing his low-key strategy in the future.

Thinking of Cao Cao's own strategy, Jia Xu took advantage of the time when Cao Cao was changing clothes to remind him in a low voice, "Duke Ming, if you want to do this plan, you only need one word, fast!"

"Fast? Who is as fast as Cao Cao?"

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he laughed loudly, and immediately issued an order to the generals in the account: "Go back to the camp quickly, and get the boats from Gong Liu (Shi Huan) according to the number of people, and unload whatever baggage you get. I don't care what method you use. , we must set sail after two hours."

"only."

All the generals clasped their fists and drank together, and then left the big tent one after another.

Although Cao Cao hastily made a battle plan, all the battalion leaders are old men who follow him, and their ability to execute orders is better than the last. Assure.

The silent Guandu camp suddenly moved, like a factory that had been shut down for a long time suddenly started working. The soldiers were like skilled workers on an assembly line. Complete unloading and boarding.

Cao Cao stood on the bow of the boat facing the east wind. Looking back, he saw the fleet like a school of fish behind him. He thought that this was Cao Cao's speed. Sun Quan took over Jiangdong for only two years.
Hundreds of boats set off from Guandu, quickly turned into Langtang Canal and went straight down the river, and then went straight to Huaishui River and Shouchun without changing their course. If they stay on the road day and night, it will only take a few days.

Langtang Canal starts from the Yellow River in the north and is called Rushui in the second half of Runan, which is the main waterway connecting Huai River and the Yellow River.

Sending troops from Guandu is more convenient than Xuchang, and they can go to the Huainan battlefield by water all the way. If Yuan Shao's battle in the north is tight, Cao Cao can also rush to the Yellow River battlefield through this waterway.

Cao Cao has always been very lucky. This time, because of insomnia and drinking too much, he received the Shouchun urgent report in time, which saved the time of adjustment on the march north and allowed Cao Jun to rush to Huainan as quickly as possible.

Just as Cao Cao thought, Sun Quan first received the news that Xiahou Dun was defeated and Shouchun was empty, but it took several days to prepare before the battle.

Sun Quan still used Yuan Shu's old army as the main force, plus some recruits recruited by Wu County, a total of 3 people were sent to the Huainan battlefield.

The Jiangdong side increased its troops, while the Shouchun side's defenders decreased.

Sun Quan thought it was time to be stable now, he didn't dare to boast that Haikou took Xuchang, but it should be no problem to capture Shouchun and occupy Huainan entirely.

As for Long Xiang who is entrenched in Hefei, Sun Quan has already regarded him as a vassal of Jiangdong. The fly in the ointment is that the coach Xu Kun is ill.

Xu Kun didn't know if he was really sick or not, because he sent someone to tell Sun Quan the day before his departure, saying that he couldn't get out of bed because of the wind and cold.

Seeing Xu Kun's illness so coincidentally, Sun Quan immediately guessed that it must have something to do with the Na Yuan family last year, but Sun Quan did not compromise with the old man, and set off by boat with the army himself.

Without Zhang Butcher, I will not eat mixed-haired pigs.

Xu Kun was not the only one among the relatives of the Sun family who would lead the army. When Sun Quan set off, he let Lu Meng go first in a light boat, and asked his uncle Wu Jing to wait in Wuhu in Danyang, and asked him to replace Xu Kun as the commander of the march.

In Sun Ce's era, Wu Jing was used to check and balance Xu Kun, and Sun Quan used Xu Kun to check and balance Wu Jing. Now Xu Kun is "losing his temper" because of his daughter, and Sun Quan thinks of his uncle again.

Sun Quan played tricks with checks and balances, but it was of little use in war. Not long after the Jiangdong warship left Wujun, [-] Cao troops appeared in Shouchun inconceivably.

Xiahou Dun pleaded guilty with a white cloth wrapped around his right shoulder. Cao Cao asked him the reason for his defeat in detail. After a short rest, he sent Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Xiu to occupy Zipeng Mountain. Xian assisted Xia Houdun to guard Shouchun.

In early May, when more than [-] Cao troops roared southward, Sun He and Huang Yi in Lujiang didn't know that it was the Hefei sentry who was paying close attention, only to find out that Cao Cao had come to Huainan in person.

Long Xiang was quite surprised when he heard this, and thought that he seemed to be playing too much this time. While readjusting the defenses of the old and new cities, he sent people to Shu County to inform Chen Lan to escape.

It was this moment that Chen Lan was waiting for. When he assembled his troops and was about to evacuate, Huang Yi rushed over and asked, "Where is General Chen going?"

"Marquis Wu's army? It's too late!"

Chen Lan shook her head straight: "Cao soldiers have already occupied Zipeng Mountain. It seems that Cao Cao led the troops in person. Forgive me for waiting."

(End of this chapter)