Kai Fu Han

Chapter 558
"retreat!"

Gao Yuan ordered.

Flags flew and orders were quickly passed on.

The fleet began to turn around, set up a defensive retreat formation, and slowly withdrew towards the east.

The speed is neither fast nor slow, but it is enough to withdraw from the encirclement before the enemy's northern and southern fleets encircle them.

After half an hour.

"Nan Zhao's fleet has also withdrawn." The lookout reported that the smoke pillars on the south and north warning ships had been extinguished, which meant that the alarm was lifted and the enemy had retreated.

Gao Yuan and others looked at each other, not knowing how to fight next.

Guerrilla warfare cannot be waged since two hundred cargo ships are a burden.

Attack the Qiantang River Estuary by force. Due to the limited width of the river estuary, the firepower of the Xinghan Alliance fleet can only be poured on the first few ships at a time. However, Nan Zhao has set up secondary strongholds in the north and south in advance. The delaying tactics allow the fleet of the deputy strongholds to have enough time to surround the fleet that stormed the river mouth.

"How about defeating them one by one? We can attack the 'secondary port' in the south or north first, break down their resistance step by step, and finally fight the main force against the Jiangkou defenders." Ye Chuan suggested.

"This is a very feasible tactic, but have you ever considered it? If we push the commander of the Southern Zhao navy to the extreme, will he give up his luck and fight with us with all his strength?" Gao Yuan replied.

There are more than 600 warships, and I don't know how many of them are equipped with "rotating stone carts". If the commander of the Nanzhao Navy plans to perish together with the Xinghan Alliance, it will definitely be tragic.

This tragedy includes both sides.

"Actually, we are just like last time, shooting a few waves, retreating, and shooting a few more waves, retreating. It is also unsolvable for Nan Zhao. If we do this dozens of times, Nan Zhao's combat power will be exhausted by us. Do it all." Zhao Liang suggested.

"This is also a way." Gao Yuan nodded in approval. He did not make a decision, but continued to think about whether there were other better ways.

"Zhao Nan!"

"Huh?" Zhao Nan, who had always been in the crowd, was caught off guard when Gao Yuan suddenly greeted him.

"Who is the commander-in-chief of the Southern Zhao navy?" Gao Yuan asked.

"Huang Xulu." Zhao Nan replied.

This kind of information must be detected. If you don't even know who the enemy's general is, how can you know yourself and the enemy?

Previously, Gao Yuan and others despised Nan Zhao Navy, so they did not ask Zhao Nan more questions. Now that they were frustrated, they naturally started to pay more attention to it.

"Introduce this person."

"This man is the grandson of Huang You. This man is resourceful and leads the army well. He persuaded the Emperor of Southern Zhao to establish the Dinghai Army to rely on waterways to defend the enemies in the north. What we are facing now is the Dinghai Army." Zhao Nan introduced road.

Liu Xinqi had never heard of the name Huang You in his previous life, but in this life he often heard it mentioned. This man was a national hero who fought against the Jin Dynasty 20 years earlier than Yue Peng. During the Yuankang Disgrace, Huang You marched into Taiyuan, lost support, and fought alone. , Huang You led the army to fight to the death in an attempt to save the defeat, but unfortunately fell to the ground with an arrow and was captured after exhausting his strength.

After being captured, the commander-in-chief of the Jin army cherished his bravery, so he used coercion and temptation to persuade him to surrender.Huang You sternly refused, and pointed at the commander-in-chief of the Jin Army, scolding endlessly.In the end, Jin Bing, who was so ashamed and angry, covered his whole body with wax oil, hung upside down on a big tree, and burned him to death alive.

"Where is Huang Xilu from?" Gao Yuan asked.

"People from Wenzhou, it's [-] miles by sea from here." Zhao Nan replied.

Wenzhou is located on the southernmost side of Liangzhe East Road, while Hangzhou Bay is located on the northernmost side of Liangzhe East Road.

"It's too far..." Gao Yuan shook his head and gave up the idea of ​​starting from the Huang Xilu family.

"Do you have any method that can quickly deal with this Dinghai Army with less casualties?" Gao Yuan was at a loss for a good idea and asked the people around him.Zhao Liang, Ye Chuan, Zhao Nan and the captain of the Taishan did not reply immediately after hearing this.

There were too many warships in Southern Zhao, and together with the warships on the north and south flanks, the total number exceeded 28. However, the number of warships capable of fighting in the Xinghan League, including county-level armed sand ships, was only [-].

Less than one-twentieth, the gap is too big.

Suddenly, Zhao Liang seemed to realize something, and his eyes lit up: "We seem to be going the wrong way."

"Wrong way?" Gao Yuan was puzzled.

"We came south this time to knock on doors, not to eliminate the Dinghai Army." Zhao Liang reminded: "So, why are we fighting with them here?"

"Yes, why do we have to fight with this Dinghai Army?" Gao Yuan thought thoughtfully.

"If we don't defeat this Dinghai Army, we won't be able to enter the Qiantang River and we won't be able to reach Hangzhou. How can we talk about 'knocking on the door'?" Ye Chuan retorted.

"The leader did not require us to sail to Hangzhou, but only asked us to knock on the door of Nan Zhao's unlimited grain sales." Zhao Liang reminded again.

"Then what should we do?" Ye Chuan also understood somewhat.

"Since Qiantang River can't be entered, we can just take a detour." Zhao Liang said.

"Yes! Detour!"

……

Gao Yuan took Zhao Liang, Zhao Nan and [-] soldiers ashore from an uninhabited shoal, intending to go to Hangzhou by land.

After changing our thinking, traveling from land to Hangzhou not only bypassed the Qiantang River Estuary, but also bypassed the Dinghai Navy.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Ye Chuan stayed on board and led the fleet to hide in the open sea to wait for news and avoid fighting with the Dinghai navy.

"Are you ready for the preliminary intelligence work?" Gao Yuan asked Zhao Nan as he hurried on.

"It has been prepared for a long time. Each of the eight large grain merchants in Hangzhou has the support of a huge gentry family. According to the instructions of the alliance, these eight grain merchants are all selected from local families and did not move south from Kaifeng. My family has many local channels." Zhao Nan replied.

"That's good. Let's split up and take over all eight families at once." Gao Yuan arranged.

"No problem, I arranged for people to lead the team. We did a lot of hard work outside the sea in the past two days, and it still worked. At least the atmosphere of the impending war has affected the city of Hangzhou, making these aristocratic families go out much less often, and most of them stay at home. ." Zhao Nan replied.

These people's lives are very comfortable, and the reputation of Xinghan League's assassinations is very loud.

These gentry were worried that they would be robbed by spies from the Xinghan League when they went out to play in the city and killed the chickens to scare the monkeys, so they were very peaceful these two days.

Since they were all warriors, they were traveling very fast, and it took the team only half a day to reach the outside of Hangzhou.

"I would like to emphasize again that this operation must be resolved quickly, and only the main family members are captured, and no more killings are allowed as a last resort. Before dawn, no matter what the outcome, all operations will be completed, and they will finally meet at Crescent Lake in the northeast. Gao Yuan said.

"do you understand?"

"Understood!" Everyone replied in a small voice, but neatly.

(End of this chapter)