"Former General, we should divide the troops next."

"Oh? Zhennan means that we continue to go east along the river and harvest Jingzhou and Jiaozhou all the way south?"

"Yes, too. I am ashamed. Yu is not familiar with water at all. He can't do anything except seasickness and vomiting when sitting on the boat. So, I want to have a relaxing job with the former general. Let Yu lead his army to take Nan Jingzhou and Jiaozhou."

"Hahaha~~" Zhang Zun smiled slightly: "Brother Yuankai doesn't have to do this. Everyone wants the merits of Jianye, but in war, there are always people who have to take on the sideline work. For example, a few days ago, I left General Wei's son to be a prison guard in Xiling. However, after the successful destruction of Wu, who dares to say that Zicheng has no contribution?"

"I am afraid that I will not be afraid of not being able to achieve meritorious deeds or the court's recognition. On the contrary, if the former general could make Zhi take on the matter of going south, I believe that in Southern Jingzhou and Jiaozhou, Zhi will basically not encounter any strong resistance. At that time, it may be sweeping thousands of troops like a sweeping mat, and that credit is indispensable."

"Then...well, let's divide the troops next. How many troops do Brother Yuankai need?"

"Thirty thousand people are enough."

"Well... According to Si Wencao's information, Wu Gou basically did not have a large-scale corps in Nan Jingzhou, and there were only 10,000 or 20,000 people in Jiaozhou. That's it."

On November 20, Du Yu and Zhang Zun divided their troops in Jiangling. After that, Zhang Zun led a total of more than 230,000 troops, divided into two groups of water and land, and marched towards Jiangxia in a mighty manner.

On the 22nd, the fleet arrived in Jiangxia. The Jiangxia garrison was the great-grandson of Sun Xin, the eldest brother of Sun Jian, Sun Qiang. His official position was extremely high: General Cavalry was the highest commander of the Jingzhou Army of the Eastern Wu, but he had almost no powerful troops under his command. Seeing such a huge enemy army and Gu Qian's army, who was stagnant in Xunyang no matter how he called, did not advance. Sun Xin also opened the city and surrendered happily.

"Shizhi, our navy is advancing too fast now, and the infantry on both sides of the straits are unable to keep up. Should we stop for a while and wait for the infantry behind?"

"Former General, before answering your question, I will want to ask the former General a question."

"Shizhi, please speak."

"This time the attack on Wu, the former general sent troops from Yizhou and swept across the middle reaches of the Yangtze River within one month. It can be said that he has made outstanding achievements. Next, should the former general continue to achieve great achievements in attacking Wu alone, or should he restrain himself a little so that other friendly forces can also achieve military achievements. In this way, it is not so conspicuous?"

"Well... Shizhi, to be honest, over the years, because my brother is on top, we who are younger brothers are on the bottom, almost never need to consider these issues. So, I didn't think about whether to hide our strengths and hide our abilities at the beginning."

"The general understands that the former general, the general will have a heart to you. The general is already seventy-one years old this year, and this should be the last battle of the general. Therefore, the general only wants to keep the name of martial arts in the vast history, and never thought about whether to consider the feelings of his colleagues."

"I understand what Shizhi means. That is to say, we don't have to worry about the situation of Xiaoxing's march on the eastern front as follows. Just fight to Jianye as soon as possible and achieve the destruction of Wu Dagong, right?"

"Yes, the former general, according to the information sent by Si Wen Cao, Xiaoxing has now taken Shouchun and Zhong Shiji is trapped in Hefei Cangcheng. There is no possibility of threatening Jianye in the short term. However, Zhong Shiji's 60,000 army was also restrained by Ma Xiaoxing and could not move. So at this time, he could only block between us and Sun Hao, but only 40,000 to 50,000 Wu Gou. The general should work hard and follow the current. Break through all obstacles and arrive at Jianye as soon as possible!"

"Good, just this infantry?"

"This matter can be used in the simplest way to sprinkle money! The former generals and people from the Eastern Wu can be said to be familiar with water and good at boat racing. Our army can scatter a lot of money and food, and let the people of the people take out their own ships to help transport our army down the river. The cities along the way can be reduced if they are willing to surrender. Except for extremely important strongholds, those who do not want to surrender will not be cared about. At this time, the dry season of the Yangtze River, the water flow is generally stable, and even ordinary boats are not at risk of overturning under the control of the people of the Eastern Wu. Ordinary infantry can also quickly follow our navy to the east!"

"Good! My brother always said that we should give full play to the strength of the people and build good relations between the local people. This method of Shizhi can be said to kill many things in one go! Then let's do it quickly and recruit all kinds of ships from the people of Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and aristocratic families. The price is based on the price of a soldier of our army who rides a ship ten yuan a day. If it is damaged in the middle of the war, our army will fully compensate!"

The great man once said, never underestimate the power of the people. This sentence is an absolute truth.

With Zhang Zun's ship conscript, in just three or five days, the tributaries, ditches, ponds, and wetland grass seemed to have been uniformly turned around in only three to five days.

When countless wars first started, all kinds of ships hidden by people and even noble families and wealthy families were driven out by men, women, young and old. These ships of varying sizes gathered into tributaries among various streams, and then gathered from tributaries to the main stream of the Yangtze River. Finally, on November 28, Zhang Zun was surprised to find that his 230,000 army, not to mention soldiers, had all achieved water transportation. Even millions of stones of military rations were equipped with special grain ships!

"Hahahaha~~ The so-called "Good power and support" will lead to many help but lose few support. This Eastern Wu is decisive! The command will be sent to the whole army!"

"Wow~~!"

...

This large-scale attack on Wu by Ji Han started in October, but Zhang Zun sent troops in November. Now, at the end of November, all the entire Northern Jingzhou of Eastern Wu was lost.

The war was developing too fast, and the school that was almost at the end of the Eastern Wu Dynasty was full of dazzling sight.

Ji Han was fast on the side, while Dongwu seemed very slow on the side. The most outstanding performance was the 20,000 Yangzhou navy led by Gu Qian.

As a big family with close economic exchanges with the Fuxing Society, the Gu family did not want to fight. However, this was the 20,000-strong national naval army in the Eastern Wu, and it was impossible for Gu Qian to surrender directly with just one word. Therefore, what Gu Qian could do was to suppress the speed and deliberately prevent him from meeting the upstream Jingzhou naval army in time.

But the speed was so slow that even Sun Hao, who was in the rear, felt something was wrong. On November 23, after Wang Cheng's report, he found out that Gu Qian's speed was so slow. The furious Sun Hao sent the royal family member Sun Zhen and General Zhang Xiang to Jianye overnight. He arrived in Xunyang on the 28th, removed Gu Qian's position on the spot, and temporarily imprisoned him in a cell in Xunyang County.

On the 28th, this was the day when Zhang Zun received many civilian ships in the Eastern Wu and ordered the entire army to go south together.

Before this, Gu Qian blindly suppressed the advance speed of the Yangzhou navy. The middle and lower-level officers in the army were not without doubt. However, when he arrived in Xunyang, he came into contact with the remnants of the Jingzhou navy who came down from the upstream. The Yangzhou navy advanced and there was no sound of seeking war.

"It seems that the Han navy is already very powerful, and the other party is in the upper reaches, so it naturally has an advantage. This is still in the middle of winter, and it is full of northwest wind. Our army lacks military strength, is well-equipped, and the weather is not on our side. If the Han army comes, how should this battle be fought?"

"Hey, it's not just the right time and place. Have you heard of the Han Dynasty's ship conquest order? The imperial court had already ordered all aristocratic families, wealthy families, and people in various places to hide or bury the ships. They were not allowed to be used by the Han army. As a result, the other party's ship conquest order was heard, and it was reported that in a few days, thousands of ships of all sizes were conscripted. This person and the people were not on our side!"

"The right time, place, people and people are all in the hands of the enemy. How can we fight this battle? I originally wore this piece of skin, but I never thought that I could live a lifelong life in the bed. But I was still a little unwilling to die meaninglessly."

Outside Xunyang City, in the Eastern Wu naval camp. On the 28th, after Sun Zhen and Zhang Xiang took over Gu Qian's command, they issued strict orders, requiring the troops to prepare immediately and the entire army would be set off at the latest 30 days. With this order, General Li Wu Chen Dai, General Pinglu Zhu Ming, General Yamen Kong Zhong and others in this army gathered together to sigh, full of worries and despair for the future.

"Everyone, I want me to tell you that General Gu was right to suppress the speed at the beginning and prevent us from going up. At this time, we have to ask General Gu what to do!"

"...It makes sense, but General Gu is now in prison..."

"Hi! We have been stationed here for several days. Everyone is familiar with Xunyang County Magistrate? Just ask him to arrange it. I believe that he is more anxious than any of us now!"
Chapter completed!