Chapter 409 (1/2)
With the support of the people of Qingzhou, the army of the eastern Wu Dynasty was able to enjoy a favorable situation in Qingzhou. After conquering Jiqiu City, Bao Bao ordered that the army temporarily rest in Jiqiu city for one day, and then set out on the next day to attack the next target.
In the prefecture of Jiqiu City, Bao Bao and three other leading members of the army gathered together to discuss the next step. The plan formulated before Baobao was that the East Bank of Qingzhou went northward and captured Langya. After seizing Langya, he went straight to Beihai and headed for Linzi. This route is also the route that Bao Bao led the Xuzhou army to capture Qingzhou last time, and it has proved to be very correct. However, this time, FA Zheng, who was appointed as a member of the army by Chen Ren, put forward different opinions.
”Generals!” FA Zheng frowned and said to the other three people, ”the last time general Bao captured Xuzhou, it was not entirely from the East Road to the north. At the beginning, it was not the soldiers who divided into three routes?”
Bao Bao shook his head and said, ”no, in fact, the soldiers we set up last time are divided into three groups, and the two groups led by Sun Yi and I are totally feigning to attract each other's attention. The real target is yang'er's East Road, which takes Qingzhou by the East Road, while Sun Yi of the West Road only returns to Rencheng defense after seizing the city of Lu. And the Middle Route Army I was in charge of also arrived at Langya in time to join up with yang'er's West Route Army, and then attacked Linzi with the North Sea as a breakthrough. ”
FA Zheng frowned and said, ”yes! It can be said that general Bao's strategy in doing so last time is very correct, because at that time, it was Yanzhou to the west of Qingzhou. If general Bao attacked from the West Road last time, he would be attacked by both Yanzhou Cao army and Qingzhou Cao army! So general Bao and General Chen Shao attacked Linzi from the East and sent General Sun Shao to guard the West. However, at one time and another, we in Dongwu are attacking the territory of the Northern Wei Dynasty in an all-round way, and Yanzhou has to face the attacks of general Zhou and General Zhao at the same time. If we can't spare no time, how can we have the ability to interfere with Qingzhou? ”
”But Wu he immediately opened his mouth and said, ”even if you don't have to take Yanzhou, why can't we go east? Didn't it go well when we took the East Road last time? ”
Fazheng explained to Wu he patiently, ”it's not that we can't take the East Road, but from the two routes, it's obvious that taking the west road is more stable and effective than taking the East Road! The terrain of Qingzhou is very different from that of other places. Most of its important towns are in the West. If we attack from the East, we can win Linzi successfully. But there are a lot of garrisons in the west, such as Rencheng, Shandong, Jinan and Taishan. What will happen when we learn that Linzi has been acquired by us? Will take the guard to Yanzhou! At that time, although we won the territory of Qingzhou, in fact, we did not achieve the goal of eliminating Cao's forces at all! General Zhao had a lot of difficulties along the way. We drove nearly half of Qingzhou's troops to Yanzhou. Isn't that an invisible obstacle to General Zhao? ”
Bao Bao on one side suddenly woke up. Aren't there Chen Yang and Chen Kang in Zhao Yun's army? There was danger along the way. Baobao can't add any more difficulties to them! Thinking of this, Bao Baodang even made a decision and said, ”Mr. Fazheng, don't say more! Do what you want! We attack from the West! ”
Fazheng couldn't help being stunned. He had prepared a lot of speeches. He wanted to persuade Bao Bao to change his mind. He didn't expect Bao Bao to agree so quickly. However, all the words that Fazheng held in his stomach were useless. However, no matter what, since Bao Bao agreed, Wu He, who has always been looking forward to Bao Bao Ma, will not object. As for Wei Yan, as long as he has meritorious achievements and battles, he will not have any opinions. In this way, the March line of Qingzhou war was finalized.
Bao Bao was stunned at the West. He didn't know whether Chen Yang and Chen Kang were safe or not. After all, what they had to face was Cao Cao's main force of hundreds of thousands!
At this time, Zhao Yun's army had just stepped into the boundary of Yanzhou.
When arranging this army, Chen Ren did not clearly explain where to send troops as other armies did, but simply stated that their goals were Yanzhou and Jizhou!
As one of the main forces of the northern expedition, Zhao Yun consulted several other generals of the army many times before the northern expedition. Finally, the decision to Yangzhou Ruyin city as a breakthrough, to Yanzhou important town Qiaojun March. However, the first target of the army was not Qiaojun, but Xiyang, a small town south of Qiaojun.