Zhang Xianzhong rubbed his beard for a long time without saying anything. Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu also looked at each other and didn't say anything. What he needed at this time was Zhang Xianzhong's idea, and their words could only be used as a reference.

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Xianzhong said, "Dingguo, I guess the old woman named Qin is not in sufficient force and food now. She should not launch an attack. So you can stay here and stabilize the existing defense line. Wenxiu, you can return to Chengdu one step ahead, and then send people to Jianmen Pass, asking them to send another 30,000 people to strengthen the search and blockade of the coast. After you return to Chengdu, you can draw another 20,000 people from Chengdu to Jianmen Pass. Don't worry about the gate, just keep the Jialing River coast! I will take people back later."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xianzhong paused for a moment and said, "A while ago, we were discussing to send someone to Liu Pei to talk to him about peace. Is this person still not leaving?"

Li Dingguo said: "At that time, I planned to go there after the beginning of spring, so people have not left yet."

Zhang Xianzhong said in a stalemate: "Send someone to send a message to Chengdu immediately and let Ke Wang send someone out! Tell them that the bottom line is to go to the imperial title, be crowned king, and go to Sichuan forever. You can agree to anything else! Get moving now, don't hesitate!"

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu agreed at the same time, and then they went to prepare for each other. Only Zhang Xianzhong was left in the tent and didn't know what he was thinking?

The inland fleet entering the Jialing River was actually much faster than Zhang Xianzhong imagined! At this time, the fleet was approaching Lueyang City! However, the fleet arrived so quickly was not without a price.

Although they hired local fishermen and boatmen who were familiar with water to guide the way at a high price, they still lost eleven gunboats and two transport ships! Fortunately, there were not many injuries.

The commanders leading this fleet were all young people. Because Liu Pei's navy was the most powerful navy in the world at this time! However, due to the shift of strategic center of gravity, Liu Pei's navy was in a dormant state at this time, so it never carried out large-scale expansion.

However, since Liu Pei led young people when he started his business, so many years have passed, these naval officers belong to Nianfuli

When it is strong, there is not much room for these new young people.

It happened that Liu Pei needed to form an inland river fleet, so the navy discussed internally and arranged all these young people to the inland river fleet! It was called: "Young people must first practice swimming in the small river valley before they can go out to sea!"

And they set rules that if they want to enter the navy in the future, they can only be selected from the inland fleet. But these young people don’t care about those, as long as there is a war and they can be promoted, that’s fine! Therefore, the average age of officers in the entire fleet is no more than 25 years old!

So Qi Qitao saw a group of young officers on their faces whose acne on their faces had not completely receded! Looking at the energetic young officers in front of them, Qi Qitao actually felt a little embarrassed that he was old!

However, he quickly sorted out his face and stood there waiting for these naval officers to come forward to visit. After all, he was one of the few generals under Liu Pei, and the level of these young people was much lower than that of him!

At this time, the officers of the Inland Fleet had already gathered on the flagship and were the first to get on the dock. The officers put on beautiful dresses and walked off the side of the ship in turn, approaching Qiqi Tao at the end of the dock.

When they got closer, the officer leading the team raised his hand and saluted, "Report to the commander, the official is born in his new mind, and lead all the officers of the mixed formation of the Inland Fleet to report to the commander!"

Qi Qitao immediately returned the favor and said, "Thank you all for your hard work!"

The newborn was determined to be attentive and said, "No hard work! They are all for the Grand Marshal!"

Qi Qitao nodded and said, "Yes, they are all playing for the Grandmaster! But there are still losses along the way, right?"

Chushengzhi's face dimmed when he heard this and said, "There is no way. Everyone is not familiar with the hydrological situation of this river. Even if he hired old boatmen to lead the way, there were many problems! Fortunately, there were not many injuries!"

After years of war, Qi Qitao had already become indifferent to life and death, so he said without changing his face: "That's good! Well, please introduce the officers behind me! Then arrange for my brothers to get off the boat and rest as soon as possible! The food is ready for my residence here."

Newborn Aspirations immediately take a sideways

, introduced Qi Qitao to the various officers behind him. Then Qi Qitao arranged a banquet to entertain the officers of the Inland Fleet. Even the soldiers were rewarded!

Everyone had nothing to say after resting for a night. Early the next morning, Chu Shengzhi asked Qi Qitao's order to let his officers learn about the preparations for the water war. Until after lunch, he brought several officers to Qiqitao's tent. According to Liu Pei's instructions, they were going to accept Qiqitao's command at this time.

When they arrived, the officers under Qi Qitao had just gathered in the tent. When Qi Qitao saw them coming in, he said, "Major Chu, you are just here! The combat plan here has already come out! But those related to the fleet need to be checked."

After a few words of refusal, Chushengzhi stood directly in front of the map, and a staff officer explained the entire combat plan to him.

The combat plan is very simple. Ten days later, use 60 gunboats from the Inland Fleet to clean up the Jialing River again. Then the transport ships and the ships that were rushed will carry the army directly to bypass Jianmen Pass and then land. Thus, break Jianmen Pass by attacking both sides.

After hearing the plan, Chushengzhi hesitated for a moment and quickly exchanged glances with the officers around him. Qi Qitao saw him and said, "Major Chu, just say anything if you have anything to do! In our army, everyone can speak freely! After all, this is related to the lives of many brothers!"

After hearing the encouragement, Chushengzhi said, "Sir, I think our attack time can be pushed back? It is the dry season, and many reefs in the river are exposed or close to the water surface. It is very dangerous to sail! When our inland fleet was going upstream, the ship speed was very slow and there were many accidents. In this attack, we went downstream and the ship speed would be faster, so it is very easy to have accidents! Especially for ships transporting soldiers, once they capsize or hit the reef, not one or two people died! So I strongly recommend that the river rises until the beginning of spring before launching an attack. It will take only two months to get around, and we can also take the opportunity to get familiar with the hydrological situation."
Chapter completed!