Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Chapter 736

Both Cao Cao and Liu Ye understand that the situation in the whole world has become more and more clear now. Liu Biao is sitting to protect Jianghan, Liu Zhang is not enterprising, and Yuan Shao is dying after being beaten by Liu Ye on the expedition. Now Liu Ye is honored in the west, and Cao Cao is in the east. The strongest.

The two men coincidentally did not start a decisive battle, but first crusade against other princes, strengthen their own strength, and then engage in a decisive battle.

Therefore, Liu Ye led an army to conquer Bashu, while Cao Cao intended to go south and annex Jiangdong.

Wu Jun, Lou County, Xunjiang Daying.

Boom!

An angry lightning flashed like a mad dragon with its teeth and claws, tearing through the dark night sky instantly, releasing shining electric light. But this lightning was fleeting, and the sky quickly returned to darkness.

The pouring rain was falling, and huge raindrops fell on the ground. The rain was torrential, and it hurt people.

With thunderstorms and strong winds, the patrolling Jiang Dongbing couldn't open his eyes, tightened Yukao on his body, and cursed in a low voice.

"God thief, it's raining so heavily, it's my turn to be on duty today."

Now Sun Wu’s reign center is in Wu County. Wu County is located in Wu County, while Lou County is the east barrier of Wu County and is close to the sea. Although it is almost impossible for the enemy to land along the coast, there are still some pirates. Activities are nearby, so the captain Zhu Zhi of Fengche is stationed here.

The trembling Jiang Dongbing glanced at his snoring colleagues in the barracks, and he couldn't help showing an expression of envy. Then he sighed and looked into the rain curtain. The heavy rain made visibility extremely low, and everything was dark.

"In such bad weather, the brothers in the patrol camp don't have to go out for inspections, only I suffer, alas."

Zhu Zhi is cautious, and has a mature and prudent personality. He sends patrol warships to search every day. But today is something special, because the weather is really bad, and the soldiers don't want to go out in this weather. After all, the wind is so strong that it would be bad if the boat overturned.

Therefore, Zhu Zhi acquiesced in allowing the lecturers to rest for a day, and special cases were dealt with specially.

And in the dark rain curtain, there was a fleet sailing south along the coastline.

The heavy rain was torrential, and the sea was also constantly rolling, and the water was quite turbulent. The sergeants on the fleet were all fearful, but one general was standing on the bow of the ship, draped in the water, and let the rain lean against the water. He draped it down, stretched out his hand to hold the mast firmly, his figure was motionless under the shaking of the hull and the rain, like a reef on the seashore. I don't know how long it has existed.

A young general rushed out of the cabin on the ship, leaned in front of him under the water, and persuaded, "Uncle, it's raining heavily outside, so let's go ahead and escape one or two."

"No, Boren, you are not allowed to return to the cabin, stand for me!" Xia Houyuan said solemnly.

"Yes, uncle."

Xiahoushang heard the words with a bitter expression, so he had to walk to Xiahouyuan’s side and stood upright in the rain. The falling water droplets flowed into his clothes from the middle of the water. The coolness made him tremble, and his heart screamed. However, he glanced at Xia Houyuan who was motionless, and had to grit his teeth, his legs firmly nailed to the deck.

The rainy night was dark, but Xia Houyuan's eyes were as bright as pearls.

"Boren, it's just raining, what are you afraid of?"

"To lead soldiers in combat, you need to be familiar with the terrain and experience all kinds of environments. You have to adapt in advance, do you know?" Xia Houyuan taught him.

Xia Houshang nodded and said firmly: "Uncle, I understand, I will take the lead in the future, and I will never fear the harsh environment."

Xia Houyuan nodded in satisfaction and stopped talking.

The fleet has been sailing along the coastline, but some time has passed, but it has not reached the destination, Xiahou can not help but feel a little anxious.

"Uncle, is the strategy proposed by Chen Yuanlong reliable? When will our army arrive in Lou County?"

Xia Houyuan slowly said: "Chen Yuanlong is a genius of the world, and he has studied Jiangdong quite a bit. There should be no problem with his strategy."

As a powerful family that has been entrenched in Xuzhou for a long time, the Chen family has a deep influence. Therefore, even Cao Cao had to rely heavily on Chen Deng's appointment as the prefect of Guangling County.

In fact, in the past few years when Liu Ye focused on the Central Plains and Hebei, friction broke out between Sun Ce and Cao Cao.

At that time, Cao Cao dominated Shouchun, while Sun Ce occupied Lujiang in Jiangbei. Zhou Yu believed that Jiangdong Army was better at water warfare, while Cao Jun was better at foot combat. Therefore, attacking Shouchun from Lujiang was based on his own shortcomings and his strengths. Take also.

Therefore, Sun Ce sent troops from Jiangdong to attack Guangling across the sea. Between Xuzhou and Yangzhou, separated by the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the distance is extremely wide, while Chen Deng was recruited by Danyang elite soldiers and defended Sun Ce's attacks from the sea many times.

This time Cao Cao led an army to attack Lujiang, which appeared to be the main attack, while Xiahoudun and Cao Hong attacked from Yanzhou and Jizhou respectively as a feint. However, in fact, this was the plan of "Mingxiu plank road to cross Chencang secretly" formulated by Xi Zhicao for Cao Cao. Cao Cao's attack on Lujiang was actually just to cover Xia Houyuan's cross-sea expedition to Wu Jun.

Cao Cao's clan is vast, and there are not a few clan generals, and the most outstanding among them is Xia Houyuan. In history, Xia Houyuan often served as a sharp blade in the hands of Cao Cao, taking on the most difficult combat tasks. When the generals of Guanzhong rebelled, it was Xia Houyuan who led his troops to encircle and suppress. He defeated Ma Chao, wiped out Song Jian, swept Guanzhong, known as "Tiger Bu Guanyou".

Later, when Cao Cao met with the generals in Guanzhong, he took Xia Houyuan by his side in order to deter the generals in Guanzhong.

Therefore, Xia Houyuan was the main general of this surprise attack on Jiangdong.

Hearing what Xia Houyuan said, Xia Houshang didn't say much, so he had to continue to stand motionless.

Gradually, the coastline finally appeared in front of me, and there were rows of barracks, docks and ships.

Xia Houshang said in surprise: "Uncle, this is Jiangdong Army's patrol camp!"

"Whisper."

Xia Houyuan said coldly: "Send the order to the entire army, prepare to attack, surround it on all sides, and not let the enemy army go!"

"promise!"

Xia Houshang hurriedly conveyed Xia Houyuan’s military orders. The nearly ten thousand Cao Sergeants who were nestled on the ship were already unable to restrain themselves. They all stuck their heads out of the cabin and grabbed the weapons in their hands. Show your hands and feet.

The Jiang Dongbing on duty rubbed his eyes in disbelief, why suddenly there were so many more warships in front of him, and it didn't seem to be his own?

Thinking of this, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked sternly: "Who is the one here? Report the military password!"

Jiangdong Army naturally had its own set of passwords, but what came from the rain was not a password, but a loud sound.