Infinite war begins with Cao thief

Chapter 61
  Dong Huang was a little tired.

Since he became the war agent, he has not fought every month, and his thighs have calluses from riding horses. Sometimes the horse's delicate skin will turn red due to rough calluses.

Zou Ying, who had sworn to be Dong Huang's partner, knew this very well.

These days, it’s not easy to be a cow or a horse.

In short, Dong Huang was a little immovable. After achieving the strategic goal of regaining Wancheng, he didn't want to move anymore.

Dong Huang would be tired, and so would his elite men. They fought in three or four states in a few months. Although they would win every battle, it also consumed a lot of energy. The soldiers also wanted to take a rest and relax.

Not only the soldiers, but also Dong Huangjun's horses lost a lot of weight due to hunger, and many of them died.

In this case, Dong Huang chose to accept the surrender of Liu Xun and others.

This was Dong Huang's first formal surrender. Dong Huang discovered that surrendering without a fight actually resulted in war point income. According to the prompts, the war point income from surrender was about one-half of the income from annihilating this army. about.

This made Dong Huang realize that killing the enemy head-on was not the only option.

Sometimes it is more cost-effective to surrender enemy troops, especially when surrendering some high-level troops.

Although there is a high probability that these arms cannot be brought out of this world, they can still play a great role in this world! Otherwise, Dong Huang's few soldiers and horses from the Infinite War Space would not be enough to fill the gap between his teeth.

After Liu Xun surrendered, Dong Huang's vanguard forces suddenly advanced to Xinye, one step away from Xiangyang, which shocked Wang Rui and others three times a day.

"The Dong thieves are moving so fast, I'm afraid the next step will be our entire Jingzhou. We must take advantage of their unsteady footing and busy surrendering Yuan Shu's army, and immediately launch an attack on Dong Huang's army, strike first and catch them off guard. !”

During the military meeting, Wang Rui's general Cai Mao spoke first.

The Cai family is one of the four major families in Jingzhou. The four major families in Jingzhou have always been closely related, married to each other, and connected with each other. They are the emperors in Jingzhou.

Cai Mao's own aunt is the wife of Zhang Wen, the Taiwei of the Eastern Han Dynasty. His eldest sister married Huang Chengyan and became his stepmother. Currently, arrangements are being made to marry his second sister to Wang Rui - in the original history, his second sister was married to Liu Biao.

In addition to women's diplomacy, Cai Mao himself was also quite capable. Cai Mao also played an important role in Wang Rui's fight against Sun Jian and the clan thieves, and in the process of gaining a foothold in Jingzhou. Moreover, he is also on good terms with Wang Lun, Wang Rui's most trusted clan member.

This status gives him a strong say in Wang Rui.

In Cai Mao's view, Dong Zhuojun is indeed powerful, but no matter how powerful he is, he is still a landlubber. How much strength can he exert in Jingzhou with dense water networks?
  Youdao is a boat in the south and a horse in the north.

Horse riding in the north is good at bumping up and down, front and back, but rowing in the south pays attention to the stability of the foot and the bow from left to right. The techniques and methods are different!

Furthermore, now that Liu Xun's army had just surrendered and their morale was unstable, it was a good opportunity to attack.

After the immediate crisis was resolved, the navy was used to defend Xiangyang, and finally found a way to quell the rebellions in Jiangxia and Jingnan.

Cai Mao's analysis was clear and logical. At this moment, he felt that he had been possessed by Jiang Shang and Zhang Liang, and the landlubbers were wiped out while talking and laughing.

"General, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to act like this!"

The person who spoke out against it was Wenpin, who also came from a wealthy family.

Because of his seniority and other reasons, Wenpin's status in the military was not particularly high, but he was one of the few generals who could speak in front of Wang Rui. What's more, he felt that he was dedicated to the public, so he had no scruples.

"Dong Huang is a general under Dong Zhuo. He has rarely been defeated since his debut. Now he is so blatantly recruiting Yuan Shu and surrendering his army. I am afraid it is his plan to lure the enemy!"

"As the general said, Dong Zhuo's army is not good at water warfare, so our army should take this opportunity to rely on the water network to deploy its troops so that Dong Huang's army cannot use its cavalry advantage. Dong Huang's army will retreat in the summer rainy season; if If our army takes the initiative to greet them, the consequences would be disastrous if they are ambushed by Dong Huang's army!" Wenpin persuaded loudly.

"Humph, you're just a young man, what do you know?"

Cai Mao scolded angrily.

Although Cai Mao felt that what Wenpin said was somewhat reasonable, he still refuted it because he felt that his face had been damaged.

Claiming to be the number one leader under Wang Rui, Cai Mao did not allow his authority to be challenged.

At this moment, Cai Mao's first consideration was not the military, but officialdom! In official circles, maintaining authority is more important than military victory or defeat!
  This is like the party government in the late Ming Dynasty. What all parties consider is not "if we continue to be party-controlled, Ming Dynasty will be hopeless", but "if we don't kill these bastards, Ming Dynasty will be hopeless"!
  Seeing the dispute among his men, Wang Rui, who was undecided, couldn't help but cast his eyes on his nephew Wang Lun and his adviser Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue.

He felt that at this time, we needed to brainstorm ideas.

Of course, brainstorming can also be seen as indecision.

"I have a naval force, which can go north along the Han River overnight. By taking them by surprise, I will be able to defeat Liu Xun's troops."

As the agent of war, Wang Lun is obviously the main one. Only through war can he gain war points, survive, and become stronger.

"Besides, the fortified city of Xiangyang is surrounded by water on three sides. Even if our army is defeated, we can still defend it with Xiangyang City. Why fear the bandit army!"

Wang Lun once again gave Wang Rui a reassurance.

Since being defeated by Sun Jian, Wang Lun has learned from the experience and started thinking about what his advantages are?
  Land warfare is definitely no match for Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo. In that case, why not develop a naval force?

If you can rely on the navy to separate Jingzhou and Jiangdong, wouldn't you be a great king of Wei and Wu?

If you can become the King of Wei and Wu, is this mission still unstable?

After figuring this out, Wang Lun began to advise Wang Rui to vigorously develop the naval force, and eventually helped Wang Rui establish an absolute advantage in water power over the princes.

Seeing that the lord's brother-in-law-to-be and nephew were all determined to fight, the Kuai brothers, who were very good at doing things, naturally couldn't throw cold water on them, so they had to be vague and confused.

At one moment, he said that the enemy's unpreparedness was the opportunity to defeat him; at another moment, he said that it was not the rainy season, so it was difficult to use the navy's advantage; at another moment, he emphasized that Wang Lun and Cai Mao were both top-notch talents in the world; at another moment, he said that Wenpin said There is also a little bit of truth.

Mainly a piece of nonsense literature.

We need to find the key to the problem. How to find the key to the problem? That is to find the key issue!

As a result, Wang Rui, who was confused by the deception, really found the key problem: his most pressing problem was that he was afraid of Dong Zhuo's army attacking, but he was also eager to use a victory to calm people's hearts.

So Wang Rui finally made the decision - fight! He handed over the operation to his nephew Wang Lun to personally command.

The high-spirited Wang Lun was standing on the bow of the boat in white clothes, looking like a scholar in white.

In the fleet led by Wang Lun, the officers and men on board were also dressed in white and pretended to be businessmen, and they were moving in a mighty manner.

Obviously, the scholar in white is cosplaying Lu Meng's crossing the river in white.

Not to mention, he really succeeded this time.

(End of this chapter)