Chapter 973 Commander of the South County Navy
Five days later, Xu Shu's three-way army all arrived at the designated location, and immediately built city defenses.
In particular, Liao Hua and Yiling City, guarded by Fu Xun, were the first battlefield where they first came into contact with the Qin army.
The number of soldiers mining and carrying stones alone reached 3,000.
Under the mobilization of Ma Liang, arrows, logs, armor and other defense supplies from the entire South County are being frantically delivered to the front line.
To put it bluntly, at present, the three cities of Yiling, Huya, and Yidao have reserves of materials, even if the Qin army really has 100,000 people, they can fight against them!
After Xu Shu led his army to Huya Mountain, he immediately set up fortifications on the riverside to ensure that the water army could not pose any threat.
At the same time, Zhang Nan and Feng Xi successfully recruited more than 10,000 Jingzhou captives, and built a Nanjun navy by relying on the warships captured in Xiangyang.
These more than 10,000 captives were originally from the navy, but they were forcibly dragged ashore by Cai Mao to attack the city.
Now that he has a warship, and after a little training, he has the aura of an elite navy.
Zhang Nan and Feng Xi's confidence immediately increased, and they directly divided the navy into two, and deployed them in Huya and Yidao waters respectively.
With these two layers of bayonets, the Qin Army's navy could not go down the river unscrupulously.
Yiling, Huya, and Yidao formed a straight line of defense, and with the cooperation of two naval forces, they could almost block the Qin army and prevent them from advancing an inch!
What Xu Shu gave Liu Zhang was far more than that!
The line from Zigui to Yiling is densely covered with mountains, forests and weeds, and there are countless dangerous passes in the strategic depth of hundreds of miles.
Xu Shu directly dispatched two thousand of the most elite soldiers to occupy all the highest points along the way, preparing to block Liu Zhang layer by layer.
These soldiers are all good at shooting, and there are many rolling stones and trees in the dangerous pass they occupy, which is enough to give the Qin army's vanguard a head-on blow!
According to Xu Shu's estimate, just passing through this section of the mountain road is enough to make Liu Zhang burn out.
Even if they can finally rush out, they must be exhausted and their morale will be greatly damaged!
In the face of Yiling, Huya, Yidao and other strong cities, they will also become helpless.
With the deployment of two naval armies on the Yangtze River, Liu Zhang's desire to make a desperate sneak attack was completely cut off.
It can be said that before the end of the war, Xu Shu was already invincible!
But can everything go so smoothly?
For several days in a row, the news from Yiling to Xu Shu was that no Qin army was found.
At this time, more than ten days had passed since Liu Zhang occupied Zigui. No matter how careful and slow the march was, the soldiers in ambush in front should have spotted Liu Zhang's army!
Xu Shu thought over and over again, but he never found out that there was another possibility of marching.
This feeling of losing control of the battlefield is a situation that all commanders hate.
Xu Shu had to repeatedly search for the omissions in his arrangements.
The result is naturally clueless, and there is no place for Liu Zhang to take advantage of it.
Just as Xu Shu was in a state of perplexity, news of the Qin army's movement finally came from Yiling.
Gan Ning, the commander of the navy of the Eastern Army, personally led the navy to the vicinity of Yiling.
Xu Shu was puzzled by this news.
Does Liu Zhang want to completely abandon the infantry to fight for the city, and rely entirely on the navy to show off in the river?
Half a day later, news came from Yiling again that the Ganning navy had stopped near Yiling, and warships were all over the river, as if they were blocking the waterway of the Yangtze River!
Only then did Xu Shu suddenly realize that he had a thorough insight into Liu Zhang's intentions.
They must have given up the mountain road from Zigui to Yiling, and tried to transport the infantry to Yiling to land with the navy!
If Liu Zhang succeeds, then not only will Yiling City be immediately surrounded by heavy troops, but Liu Zhang will completely cut off the way back for the ambush soldiers deployed at more than a hundred miles of dangerous pass.
Liu Zhang didn't need to send troops to attack, he only needed to send troops to guard the intersection, and he could starve these ambush soldiers to death!
It's not that Xu Shu didn't think of this situation, but he rejected it in his heart.
It can be said that the infantry has no combat effectiveness when boarding a warship. As long as it is attacked by an enemy navy, it is very likely that the entire army will be wiped out!
Liu Zhang did so, which is equivalent to not paying attention to Liu Bei's navy at all.
Treat these 10,000 people as a decoration!
Xu Shu was greatly annoyed by this bottomless humiliation.
It would be fine if it was Zhou Yu's Chai Sang navy under Jiang Dong's command, the combat power is indeed amazing.
Especially when he had just defeated Jiang Xia, the No. 1 navy in Jingzhou, head-on in a water battle.
But what is your fish recovery army?
Since becoming an army, there has been no record at all!
The commander-in-chief is nothing more than a bandit leader, and the general in the army is a bunch of pirate leaders!
The predecessor of the Nanjun Navy was the Xiangyang Navy, which was a regular navy of the Han Dynasty, and its strength was second only to the Jiangxia Navy.
Commander Zhang Nan and Feng Xi are the children of aristocratic families, and they have received a good education since childhood.
Drilling the navy to such an extent so quickly already shows the talents of the two of them!
Why does Liu Zhang think that a water army composed of a group of water thieves can securely take down the Nanjun water army?
What kind of commander really has what kind of subordinates, it's crazy to the limit!
Xu Shu keenly sensed that this might be an opportunity!
Water warfare is different from land warfare. If it is not necessary to fight with the opponent, it is difficult to cause large-scale casualties.
Even if the combat power is not as good as the enemy's, such as when Huang Zu was fighting Zhou Yu, he could already withdraw calmly.
If Zhang Nan and Feng Xi are allowed to face Gan Ning, firstly, they can review the strength of the Nanjun navy, and secondly, they can try to shatter Liu Zhang's plan to use the navy to transport troops.
If the Ganning navy could be repelled in World War I, Liu Zhang would most likely retreat immediately after being hit.
Then this battle that is not conducive to Liu Bei's army can stop here.
After planning everything, Xu Shu immediately summoned Zhang Nan and ordered the five thousand sailors led by Feng Xi to go upstream.
In fact, Feng Xi has just completed the deployment near Yi Dao, and now going west will make all the previous efforts in vain.
However, Xu Shu was the supreme commander of Nanjun, and Feng Xi was also promoted by Xu Shu. How could he dare to disobey him, so he could only immediately lead the water army upstream.
In order to save time, Xu Shu went to the riverside water village in person, and took the initiative to wait with Zhang Nan for Feng Xi's arrival.
The direction from Nanjun to Berkshire is upstream. If you don't have a certain knowledge of naval drills, even sailing against the current will be extremely difficult.
But it only took Feng Xi a few hours to bring all the army over.
This once again proved his talent to Xu Shu personally, and made Xu Shu more confident.
On the riverside, Xu Shu did not foreshadow too much, and directly revealed his intentions to the two.
"Two generals, Gan Ning is sailing horizontally near Yiling and is covering Liu Zhang's troop movement."
"I intend to let the two generals lead the army to fight and defeat the Ganning water army!"
"I wonder if the two generals are sure?"
(end of this chapter)