Chapter 540 (1/2)
In April 197, Liu Ye led a 50000 army to the north of Bingzhou, and this task was completed by the newly established Imperial Navy.
”Boan, how's the Navy going?” Liu Ye stands on the boat and asks Gao Chong beside him.
Gao Chong replied: ”today, our navy has 20 Pang warships, more than 100 boats, and the number of sailors is more than 4000. It will not be a problem to cross the Yangtze River in time.”
Liu Ye nodded with satisfaction: ”very good, bo'an, you should continue to work hard, and you will continue to recruit and recruit men who are good at water warfare from the army. In the future, when our army goes south to drink the Majiang River, at least your navy will have to be more than 10000 people.”
Gao Chong was naturally pleased when he heard the speech. As the commander in chief of the Navy, the more the number, the better.
”Governor, our army is coming to shore.”
A boat was drifting from the boat, and the soldier on the boat yelled.
Gao Chong responded: ”I know, ready to dock!”
More than one hundred United fleets, which were composed of Pang and zoge, moved slowly towards the other side of the river. The carrying capacity was not enough to transport 50000 soldiers all at once. It took three times to transport all the 50000 soldiers to the other side of the river.
But as soon as he got off the bank, Liu Ye got a bad news.
Xu Huang, a pioneer, said with a gloomy face: ”general, this time the Jizhou army is setting up defense at xingkou. I'm afraid it will be difficult for our army to break through for a while.”
”Xingxingkou?” Guo jiaruo thought: ”xingxingkou is the key to Bingzhou. Once Jizhou army blocks xingkou, our army must pay a heavy price to break through.”
Xingxingkou has a complex terrain, including many corridors, but the final exit is fixed. In other words, when the Liangzhou army enters into it, it must be killed out of a certain caliber, while Jizhou army only needs to wait for work with ease.
When the Chu and Han Dynasties were fighting for hegemony, Han Xin led his troops to invade the state of Zhao. Li zuoche, king of Guangwu of Zhao, suggested that Chen Yu, commander in chief, lead the army to block xingkou and block the Han army. However, relying on the 200000 troops under his command, Chen Yu had no need to fear Han Xin, so he finally advocated a decisive battle with Han Xin.
Han Xin, on the other hand, led the Han Army to fight back and forth. As a result, 200000 Zhao troops were defeated. After hearing about Li zuoche's plot, Han Xin immediately became a guest of honor. Even Han Xin, who called himself a soldier immortal, highly praised Li zuochi's strategy. It can be seen that Li zuochi's strategy is indeed mature.
Liu Ye frowns: ”who will be the enemy of blocking xingkou?”
”The chief general is a literary clown, while the vice general is a yeast.”
”Wen Chou, Qu Yi?” Liu Ye pondered for a while and said, ”it is said that Wen Chou and Yan Liang are the powerful generals under Yuan Shao's command. Qu Yi led the first dead man to defeat Bai Ma Yi. It seems that it is difficult to break through xingkou this time.”
”Not bad.” Jia Xu nodded his head and said, ”xingxingkou is a strategic area. It is difficult for our army to break through by force. I'm afraid we need to find another way.”
”But xingxingkou is the shortest way for our army to break through Bingzhou. If we don't take xingkou, we can only pass through Heishan.” Xu Huang frowned and said, ”will Zhang Yan agree?”
Liu Ye and Zhang Yan can be regarded as a pair of enemies. Their enmity started from the Yellow turban rebellion. Later, they fought fiercely for many times and asked Zhang Yan to give in to the Liangzhou army. It was really...
”no matter what, we should try.” Liu Ye looks at Jia Xu and says, ”Wenhe, it's up to you.”
Jia Xu calmly nodded: ”Nuo, the general is at ease.”