Chapter 857: Falling Into a Trap
After all the players left, Huangfu Chaobo gathered the generals and announced the army's next strategy.
Half an hour later, the entire camp knew that Huang Zhong had led his army across the Huai River and invaded the south bank of the Huai River. Suddenly, the cheers of the soldiers rang out from everywhere in the camp, and shouts of "Wan Sheng" were heard from time to time.
After leaving the matter of breaking out of the army to Huang Wudie, Wang Ran, Zhang He and other generals, Huangfu Chaobo rode away under the protection of the Guards, heading towards Xinxi.
As for the navy coming from Xincai, Huangfu Chaobo did not forget it and ordered five thousand Yuzhou Army garrison soldiers to stay with the navy to station at the entrance of Ru River to Huai. Although the army had already crossed the Huai River, Yuan Shu's army was still The navy was not really eliminated, so the navy still played a big role in the subsequent war.
On the south bank of the Huai River, Li Feng was leading his guards to inspect the conditions of various camps. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden loud shout from the north bank, which shocked everyone. They thought that the army on the north bank was preparing to cross the river. Who knew, we had to wait. After a while, no signs of troops were found, but the camp seemed to be busy. Soon after, a large group of cavalry escorted the flag of "General Anton" all the way to the west.
Just when Li Feng was puzzled, an urgent message was suddenly received in the military camp. Seeing that Li Feng could not enter the camp, the deputy general quickly led the messenger directly to Li Feng who was patrolling the camp.
Seeing the courier's tired appearance, Li Feng did not ask any more questions. Instead, he directly took the urgent report, opened the seal, and unfolded it. The content inside almost made his eyes go dark. They had fallen into a trap, and they had fallen into a trap. The Eastern Army's plan to attack the east and attack the west. The Anton Army has captured the naval camp south of Xinxi early this morning and controlled the pontoon crossing the river in Xinxi. Now a steady stream of Anton Army has set foot on the land of Huainan.
In the afternoon of that day, Huangfu Chaobo rushed to Huang Zhong's expanded camp. After a short rest, Huangfu Chaobo summoned Huang Zhong and Zhou Tai to inquire in detail about the situation of the battle across the river. After listening to the introductions of the two people, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but sigh. Sure enough, professional things still need professional talents. You know, Huang Zhong tried to cross the Huai River more than once last year, but in the end he failed. In the end, he only lost his troops and generals. Outside, nothing was achieved.
Now that Zhou Tai and a group of naval forces have participated, the battle will be much simpler. They finally captured the water village and the pontoon in one fell swoop, opening the way for the army to cross the river.
"Everyone, crossing the river is only the first step. It can be said that as the first ones to invade the hinterland of Yuan Shu's army, we are already ahead of several princes. It's just that the rafters in the front will rot first. If we don't do it well, I'm afraid. Yuan Shu will be transferred back to Jiujiang by Xuzhou's troops, which will give Cao Cao and Sun Ce a big advantage." After being happy, Huangfu Chaobo said worriedly;
Guo Jia nodded and said: "What the Lord said is true. How to stabilize Yuan Shu is the most important thing."
Pang Tong said: "Yes, although we will attack Yuan Shu's army in the next time, we cannot attack too hard or too hastily. Otherwise, if he directly abandons Xuzhou and turns around to fight with our Anton army, then we will lose more than we gain."
"So, how to arrange the next war, the two military advisors should make some plans." Huangfu Chaobo smiled and asked him to display the map of Huainan.
Although everyone was already familiar with the Huainan map, they still came closer and looked at it carefully again.
The two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang in Huainan are where Yuan Shujun has been operating for many years. It can be said that there is plenty of money and food. In addition, these two counties have the Huai River to the north, the river to the south, and the Dabie Mountains to the west, which stretches for hundreds of miles. It can be said that It is still very safe, so the wars in recent years have rarely affected these two counties. It can be said that it is currently the most prosperous place in the entire game.
It's just that Lujiang is still much worse than Jiujiang. Almost half of Lujiang lies on the remnants of the Dabie Mountains. Only the northeast and southwest are plain terrains, and these two places are close to the capital of Yuan Shujun's Zhong Dynasty, Shouxing. spring,
Once Anton's army attacks this area, it will definitely trigger a crazy counterattack by Yuan Shu's army.
As a result, Anton's army can only focus on the southeast, but that is the richest area in the entire Lujiang River. And because Lujiang has been relatively more stable in Huaibei over the years, many refugees who fled from Yuzhou and Xuzhou in Huaibei have settled in the southern parts of Lujiang and Jiujiang counties.
When the names Shuxian and Juchao were mentioned, a name suddenly popped into Huangfu Chaobo's mind - Lu Su, Lu Zijing. Now that Zhou Yu had just joined Sun Ce, he probably had not had time to recommend Lu Su to Sun Quan. It seemed that he had to seize the opportunity.
Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo raised his head and looked at the two military advisors. They happened to have finished their discussion. Seeing Huangfu Chaobo looking over, Pang Tong said: "My lord, General Huang, our suggestion is to abandon the northeastern part of Jiujiang." The attack on the county towns of Liao County, Yangquan and Anfeng will first take full control of southern Jiujiang. "
"As for the cities in the northeast, although they are prosperous places, once we capture them and Yuan Shu jumps over the wall in a hurry and transfers all the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, the pressure on our Anton Army will be great."
Guo Jia also nodded and added: "Of course, except for the cities adjacent to Shouchun in the northeast, the rest of Jiujiang should be controlled as soon as possible, so the next war will not be so easy."
"Yijia estimates that Yuan Shu's army will soon recruit soldiers again. With the original troops, the subsequent battles will become more and more difficult. Although these newly recruited soldiers are not good at fighting against our army in the wild, they will have no problem defending the city. Another point is that we are now in the heartland of Yuan Shu's army. Unlike the battle in Runan last year, the soldiers defending the city are still loyal to Yuzhou. So please be prepared for the subsequent battles, my lord and the generals."
Huangfu Chaobo nodded. Yes, Yuan Shu has been operating Jiujiang and Lujiang counties for several years, and his foundation must be very solid. Besides recruiting a few more waves of palace maids, he has not done many other things that anger the heavens and the people. It can be said that the people's hearts are still stable for the time being. Ordinary people don't care who is the emperor, as long as they can live a stable life.
Now his army is equivalent to invading, so the difficulty of attacking will definitely be much greater. However, since he had already decided to use Yuan Shu's army to train his generals and the army's siege capabilities, and take this opportunity to train Yuzhou's combat camp, casualties were inevitable.