On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 231 Breakthrough in Zhejiang
On the north bank of Zhejiang Province, all the generals accompanied him. Cui Che stopped by the river bank and looked south.

At this time, it is the spring flood season, the waves are rough, and the big waves wash the sand.

Cui Che was speechless inwardly: The spring tide is so frightening, what kind of scene should the spring tide be in August.

In his last life, he never had the time to watch the tide on the Qiantang River. In this life, he finally got his wish, but Cui Che looked at the boats and boats gathering on the south bank, his brows were tightly furrowed, and he couldn't see a smile on his face.

Everyone walked along the river bank for a while before returning to the camp outside the city in Yuhang County.

"Do you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?"

Cui Che asked.

Li Jing was about to offer advice, but someone preempted him.

Lai Huer came out and said:

"The people of Wu are good at water warfare, but it is difficult for our army to fight for the front, so we should avoid the front.

"If the enemy troops attack, Lord Yan must not confront them, please lend me thousands of soldiers to sneak across Zhejiang and break down their camps.

"If the enemy retreats and has nowhere to return, if he advances, he will not be able to fight, and the bandit army will be in disorder. This is Han Xin's strategy to defeat Zhao!"

Hearing this, Cui Che thought to himself, although if Lai Huer's plan succeeds, it can make the enemy's advance and retreat lose ground, but it can only scare away Gao Zhihui, but cannot wipe out the enemy.

However, the most important thing at present is to break through the Zhejiang defense line, avoid head-to-head confrontation with the rebels, and sneak attack on their camps is indeed a good strategy.

He nodded and said:

"This plan is very clever, General."

Then he looked at Li Jing, and saw that he intended to speak up before, but for some reason, Li Jing kept silent.

Cui Che didn't urge him either, but after the military discussion ended, he left Li Jing alone and asked:

"Just now I saw that the pharmacist was hesitant to speak, but he has a plan, but it's not convenient to say it?"

Li Jing then said:
"Now the tide is raging, and it is difficult for Wu people to control the boats. The high-ranking bandits can only confront our army and wait for the tide to subside before looking for a decisive battle.

"Jing thought that Duke Yan might as well use fine horsemen to smuggle from upstream, and attack his stronghold at night while the enemy is unprepared."

Cui Che thought to himself: No wonder Li Jing was unwilling to offer advice before, it turned out that he and Lai Huer thought of something together and planned to attack the camp.

It's just that one is to wait for the decisive battle, take advantage of the opponent's full strength, and then seize the empty battalion.

The other is to plan to cross the river and attack at night when the two sides confront each other.

Night attack, that is Cui Che's old profession, but this time Cui Che shook his head and said:
"If it's normal, I will use the strategy of the pharmacist, but this battle is no different than before."

Li Jing didn't understand why Cui Che said that. After all, he was only 21 years old, and it was his first time to go out with the army. He could speak well in terms of military art, but he lacked practice.

Fortunately, Cui Che didn't play charades either, he explained:
"The imperial court's mishandling caused resentment among the scholars and the people in the south of the Yangtze River, and the hearts of the people belonged to the thief, not to me.

"The south of the Yangtze River is not as densely populated as Beyond the Great Wall, and it is difficult to hide people's eyes and ears because of the smuggling of fine riders.

"As planned by the general, the enemy army came out in full force. Even if our army sneaks in, even if people find out, what we are facing is an empty camp, and we will definitely be able to take it."

Li Jing suddenly realized, after careful consideration, he also felt that Cui Che's words were quite reasonable, and even claimed to be taught.

Looking at Li Jing's leaving back, Cui Che silently said to himself:
"The current Li Jing is indeed a bit young."

But he forgot that he himself is only one year older than Li Jing.

However, as Li Jing said, in the next few days, Gao Zhihui stood still, and the two sides faced each other across Zhejiang, waiting for the opportunity.

It's just that Cui Che didn't sit still. He remembered that he had read an article about why Zhuge Liang was able to borrow the wind.

It is because he knew the local hydrology and climate characteristics in advance.

So Cui Che ordered people to capture a large number of Jiangbei fishermen, but he did not prevent them from being deceived. He ordered people to ask about the weather one by one, fearing death.

It is finally confirmed that the river tide at this time generally stops in mid-March, with occasional north winds.

Cui Che then summoned all the generals, discussed with them, and prepared a fire attack plan in advance. If there was a northerly wind on the river that day, he would attack it with fire.

If the sky does not meet people's wishes, then give up.

On March 11th, the 591th year of Kaihuang ([-] AD), the storm in Zhejiang subsided.

On the same day, Gao Zhizhi took thousands of warships to cover the river, and wanted to fight the Sui army in Zhejiang water battle to determine the outcome.

Cui Che just ordered people to strictly guard the north bank, not to attack.

The rebels provoked again and again, but the Sui army remained unmoved. Gao Zhizhi also noticed that the morale of his troops was declining.

As the saying goes, one bang, then decline, three exhaustion.

When the rebels approached the Sui army's water stronghold, Lai Hu'er led [-] elite soldiers allocated by Cui Che to smuggle across Zhejiang in hundreds of light boats from upstream.

In broad daylight, this action was inevitably discovered by rebel scouts.

After landing on the shore, Lai Huer didn't bother to arrange the formation, and led five thousand elite soldiers straight to the rebel camp. When Gao Zhihui on the river learned the news, Lai Huer had already broken into the empty camp.

Gao Zhizhi was about to turn around to rescue, but the camp on the south bank was already on fire, and the black smoke rose and drifted south.

got windy.

The rebel army was already exhausted, and seeing the camp was on fire, they didn't know what was going on in the south bank. Everyone was terrified, and the morale of the army was in turmoil for a while.

When the rebels turned the bow of the ship, the Sui army who had been waiting for a long time finally made a move.

Cui Che saw that Lai Hu'er had successfully captured the camp and that the rebels were about to retreat, so he immediately ordered all the troops to attack. Countless large and small warships, led by seven big five-toothed ships, marched forward with clamor and assault from the front.

Gao Zhizhi didn't have much outstanding military talent. At this critical moment, he didn't know whether to turn around and face the Sui army, or to rescue Nan'an.

The generals on the flagship were all waiting for Gao Zhizhi to come up with an idea, but Gao Zhizhi's mind was blank.

Before waiting for the semaphore, the rebel warships lost ground, some wanted to fight, some wanted to escape, and the whole river was in chaos.

Suddenly, more than a dozen fishing boats appeared behind the Sui army's five-toothed ship. They rushed to the forefront, and the boats were full of tung oil and dry firewood prepared in advance.

The fishing boats are driven by carefully selected people who are familiar with water, including Mai Tiezhang who once swam in the Yangtze River at night.

Originally, Cui Che didn't want Mai Tiezhang to take risks, but he couldn't stand him volunteering, so he could only agree.

Of course, the rebels also understood the intentions of the Sui army, and the rain of arrows continued to pour towards the fishing boats approaching them, and soldiers were shot by arrows and fell into the water one after another.

But it couldn't stop the fishing boats loaded with dry firewood from driving towards them with the help of the wind.

At this time, Gao Zhizhi finally came to his senses under the urging of his subordinates. He didn't dare to return to the south bank, so he had to order the fleet to head east and sail to the offshore.

While the rebel fleet was turning around, the fishing boat was already approaching. The wheat iron rod, which had been crushed by the rain of arrows, ignited the boat and jumped into the cold river water.

The sound of falling into the water came one after another, and more than a dozen fishing boats turned into fire dragons, rushing towards the rebel warships that were too late to retreat.

The wind was fierce and fierce, and as soon as it touched it, the fire spread rapidly, and the flames soared for a while, even the warships of the Sui Army dared not approach.

Countless firemen screamed and jumped into the river, struggled for a while, and then fell silent.

Gao Zhizhi has already fled in panic, Mai Tiezhang has been caught by the friendly army on the warship, and the fire has turned the river red.

(End of this chapter)