Xi Zhicai’s analysis was very reasonable, and Gao Cheng nodded silently to agree. Yuan Shu had a irritable personality and did not have the patience to develop power step by step.

If he wanted to embezzle Yangzhou, the fastest way was to lead out the main force of Yangzhou's troops, and then engage in a decisive battle, and find a way to kill Gao Cheng in the battle formation. Once Gao Cheng died, since there was no descendants, the Yangzhou power would instantly turn into a mess, and Yuan Shu could calmly take Yangzhou into his arms.

This is the strategy that Yan Xiang, the chief clerk of Yuan Shujun, came up with, which is very consistent with Yuan Shu's character.

"Want to fight our army?" Jiang Qin quietly glanced at Gao Cheng. He was also a general who could command troops. He was not a fool. He quickly guessed the enemy's plans from what Xi Zhicai said.

"We have an army of 250,000 on our ship. When we reach Ruyin and General Wu'an, General Chen's troops gather, we will have an army of nearly 500,000! Yuan Shu actually wants to defeat the 500,000 elite soldiers in one fell swoop? Hehe, then I want to learn about the generals under the Yuan family and see why they are so arrogant!" Dong Xi, who was standing beside him, thought to himself, he was not as deep as Jiang Qin.

However, Dong Xi did not know that the army of 500,000, of which nearly 200,000 were naval troops. Only 300,000 were actually fighting with the Yuan family.

In Nanyang, Yuan Shu robbed all the wealthy families and ordinary people under his command, and obtained a large amount of resources. His troops and horses quickly rose to as many as one million like blowing balloons.

In addition to a part of the mob, the 300,000 troops of this million army have reached the elite level after rigorous training by Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, Sun Ce and others. After the training was completed, Yuan Shu gradually increased his troops in Ruyin, bringing strong pressure to Lu Dai. Finally, not long ago, he suddenly sacrificed the Yuan magic weapon, which defeated nearly 300,000 troops of Ruyin camp in a mess.

This time when facing Yuan Shu, it will definitely not be as easy as attacking Guangling.

...

Three days later, a dull horn sound came from outside, the sound was desolate and vast, spreading across the Yingshui River. Shortly after the horn sounded, there was a faint sound of military horn sound in the distance.

"Ruyin has arrived!"

The sound of the military horns from the distance came from the warship sent by Wu'anguo to welcome him. Gao Cheng, Xi Zhicai and several generals around him walked out of the cabin and took the scenes on both sides of Yingshui and the distance.

Ruyin is located in Runan, guarding the Ying River. Merchant ships often pass by this place. It is an important town in Runan County. It is very prosperous. However, this is the situation in the past.

After the Yellow Turbans broke out a few years ago, Runan fell into war. The officers and soldiers and the Yellow Turbans were killed in Runan and countless people died in war. Even if the Yellow Turbans were pacified, the original scene was not restored here.

After the war, there was famine. Three years ago, Gao Cheng made a plan in Lujiang County to guide the people of Yuzhou, especially Runan, to Lujiang.

More than 50% of the people in Ruyin now open up fields in Lujiang and rebuild their homes. When the people who stayed in Runan heard about their fellow villagers, they had a great impression of Gao Cheng and the Yangzhou army. In southern Runan, the Yangzhou army also had some foundations.

"What a desolate place!"

Dong Xi saw the river on both sides of the river, and there were ruins everywhere. He could see the thick white bones with his eyes swept his eyes. Many jackals were walking back and forth among the white bones, and their eyes emitted a faint light. When he saw this scene, his face changed and he did not dare to observe carefully.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion did not affect Yangzhou. Dong Xi had never seen such a situation when he was in Kuaiji.

Gao Cheng looked at the sky from afar, with a serious expression. His powerful spiritual power sensed that there was an extremely powerful military aura in the distant sky.

When he was in Changshe, he had seen the spectacular scene of a million troops and hundreds of miles of joint camps, and he also sensed the momentum condensed by the gathering of millions of troops.

However, most of the Yellow Turban soldiers were mobs. The soldiers at that time were ordinary people, and the momentum they condensed was not as powerful as that of Yuan Shu's army.

"It seems that Yuan Shu should not be underestimated!" Gao Cheng murmured, his thoughts swept slightly in the dimensional space, sensed his dragon incarnation, and immediately let go of all his worries.

The aura of the dragon incarnation is easy to cause repulsion from this world, and as long as it comes out, it will be punished by heaven. But after all, it is a third-level dragon, with its strength far superior to the openly powerful man in this world. It can take action once in a moment, and with the power of the imperial seal, as long as Yuan Shu does not have the existence of the third-level magical power realm, it will not threaten Gao Cheng's life.

Gao Cheng is not in danger of his life and can exert his powerful strength. In this battle, he already has a chance of winning by 60% or 70%.

The warship broke through the river and continued to move forward. Soon, the warship sent by Wu'anguo to welcome appeared in everyone's eyes. Dozens of warships followed the warship, passed a river bay, and finally arrived at the place where Ruyin Camp is now stationed.

Under the blue sky, wisps of black smoke rushed towards the sky. If you look down from the sky, you can see a big river winding to the southeast, and there are more than a dozen warships staying on the water surface of the river.

On the left side of the river, a camp stood on the bank with difficulty. Black smoke rose from the camp, hundreds of thousands of soldiers were waiting for the battle, relying on various equipment to resist horses, trap, raft guns, and deer antlers. The defense was very tight.

Ten miles away from this camp, military camps rose from the ground, stretching for hundreds of miles. They were so dark that they could stand out. Each military camp could station ten thousand troops. If you roughly count them, there would be a million troops.

"Hundreds of miles of camp... Yuan Shu has a million troops?" Dong Xi was shocked when he noticed this.

The million-dollar army in front of him is not the entire force of Yuan Shu. He is in northern Yuzhou and Nanyang County still has hundreds of thousands of troops. In this world, in terms of the ability of violent soldiers, in addition to Zhang Jiao, there is Yuan Shu.

Of course, except for some elite troops developed by these two people, the rest are cannon fodder used to consume during the battle, and there is not much combat power.

Dozens of large ships were slowly sailing from a distance like a hill. The Yangzhou soldiers in the camp by the river were immediately happy and cheered when they saw these warships. Especially after they saw Gao Cheng's big banner, their originally depressed morale was instantly excited.

"Lord, it's the lord who personally brought troops to support us!"

"It's the lord's big sword! The lord is invincible. He will definitely defeat the enemy by bringing troops to him."

More than 200,000 soldiers cheered in unison, and the sound came into the sky. After such a big movement, Yuan Shu camp ten miles away naturally responded.

"Gao Cheng is finally here!"
Chapter completed!