The complex and tortuous terrain of the Xiangjiang River in the Hengshan section was used to separate the powerful Jingzhou navy, attack its front army with the navy, and then use infantry to ambush both sides of the bank and attack the middle army.
Due to the complex terrain, the rear army in Jingzhou could only watch the front army, and the Chinese army was trapped in fighting on its own, but it was difficult to provide assistance. The Jingzhou navy was weakened to the greatest extent, making it difficult to take advantage of the number of warships. In this way
As a result, one's own chances of winning greatly increase.
This was the way Liu Jing came up with after learning about the intention of the Jingzhou navy to go south.
In fact, this idea did not come up recently. As early as two years ago, when he was passing by the Xiangshui River in the Hengshan section by boat, he felt that the geographical location was excellent and it was very suitable for ambush opponents.
The imaginary enemy in his mind is naturally Liu Biao's army. He regards Jingnan as his forbidden enemy, and he is determined to win it. Sooner or later, he will have a battle with Liu Biao, so he must prepare for a rainy day.
"Okay!" Liu Zong couldn't help but cheer loudly after hearing this, and then laughed and said: "Zhongda, your plan is so wonderful. If this battle goes well, there may be a chance to severely damage the Jingzhou navy, or even if it doesn't work, it can also defeat its predecessors.
The army forced Cai Mao to give up his intention to go south."
Liu Xiu nodded in agreement and said: "Indeed, we can advance, retreat and defend here, which makes us almost invincible. Setting the battlefield here is far better than setting it up in Ling County."
Naturally, Zhen Zhen strongly agreed. He was the person who least wanted to bring the flames of war to Ling County. Destruction was always easier than construction. It took him and Liu Jing two full years to bring Ling County from chaos to order.
It would be a real pity if it was destroyed by the flames of war.
Cai Sheng's eyes were eager to try, and he said loudly: "Since the Jingzhou army went south, they have advanced by water and won every battle. We, the people of Changsha, can only survive by holding on to the strong city of Linxiang. People in the north of the Yangtze River must think that we, Changsha, have no power.
People feel unhappy every time they think about this. This time is a perfect opportunity. We must let the people in Jiangbei know how powerful we are. Changsha has its own heroes, and we should not be insulted."
Ma Zhou put his hands on his hands and smiled and said: "Hong Chao's words are in my heart. Liu Jingsheng wants to unify Jingzhou, and everyone is paying attention. If we can defeat Cai Mao this time, we will immediately become famous all over the world and be known to the world."
Cai Sheng laughed and said, "Zi Jin is such a famous person, I'm afraid he has been dreaming about this day, right?"
Not to be outdone, Ma Zhou counterattacked: "Don't you want Hongchao?"
The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
Liu Jing's face was not flattering, and he said with a straight face: "Don't underestimate the enemy. Although we have the geographical advantage, we can only recover some disadvantages, and we can't say we have much advantage.
Forming a formation against the water has been a taboo in military tactics since ancient times, but the Marquis of Huaiyin was able to do the opposite and defeat the enemy. From this we can see that geographical advantages are important, but people are more important.
Jingzhou Navy has towering boats, complete equipment, and elite soldiers. Even if they are ambushed by us, they will rise up and fight. Therefore, it is not yet known who will win in this battle."
As soon as Liu Jing finished speaking, the generals were silent for a moment, and the room suddenly fell into silence.
Liu Zong looked around and saw that no one spoke, so he said: "Zhongda's words are reasonable. We have achieved nothing so far, so how can we underestimate the Jingzhou Navy. Besides, the Jingzhou Navy has Jingbei as its back."
The county has a big family and a big business. Even if we lose this battle, we will come back one day. But we cannot afford to lose. Once we lose, the consequences will be unimaginable."
Cai Sheng said with a serious face: "Don't worry, Mr. Liu, we know this well."
Ma Zhou also nodded and said: "Yes, we will never underestimate the enemy."
Seeing that everyone had paid enough attention to it, Liu Jing stopped talking and said instead: "The date for Cai Mao's trip south, if nothing else, is in February. There is still half a month left for us. Here,
In the meantime, you should reorganize your troops as soon as possible and make preparations for war."
"Promise." All the generals responded in unison.
Liu Jing's eyes turned serious and said: "Bomu, the military supplies, grain and fodder required for this battle will be left to you."
"Yes." He nodded solemnly. Logistics is a top priority in war. Only when soldiers have no worries can they concentrate on dealing with the enemy.
Liu Jing finally asked: "You'd better not spread this matter to avoid leaking the news."
All the generals made a promise again, and then left the toilet one after another.
Cai Sheng, wearing a military crown and heavy clothes, stepped out of the door. He couldn't help but subconsciously glanced up at the gloomy sky. Then he turned to look at Ma Zhou, who was standing side by side, and said, "Zi Jin, unknowingly, we joined in
I have been in the military for almost three years."
Ma Zhou was startled for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, time flies so fast." When the two first met in the Linxiang market, they were only in their early teens. They joined the army the following year, and are now twenty-four.
Cai Sheng recalled the past, smiled and shook his head: "At that time, although you and I had great ambitions and relied on our martial arts, in fact we were just ordinary people who were illiterate."
Ma Zhou also smiled and said: "I remember that at first we were quite unconvinced by our eldest brother (Liu Xiu), but now that we think about it, we feel quite ashamed."
Cai Sheng sighed: "Zijin, over the past few years, we have been busy in the army during the day and immersed in reading at night. We have worked harder than anyone else, just to live up to our ambitions and look forward to being able to do something in the future."
Ma Zhou knew what Cai Sheng was thinking and said with a smile: "Now the opportunity has come."
"Yes, the opportunity has come." Cai Sheng stared at the sky and murmured.
After the generals retired, Liu Jing took out the Leiyang paper, spread it on the case, studied the ink and began to write a letter. The first letter was written to Liu Zhu. Since the two of them had corresponded almost every two or three days before, they had been communicating even more recently.
One letter a day, so there is not much writing.
The second letter was written to Shan Rixi. With the great help of Liu Jing, he was able to return to Hengshan and destroyed seven enemy strongholds in succession, avenging the destruction of the strongholds and the family.
After that, Shan Riyi was either soft or hard internally, annexing surrounding villages, and externally doing business with Liu Jing, exchanging supplies. However, in just over a year, his power expanded greatly and he became the strongest in the surrounding area.
Big force.
Nowadays, the number of troops that Dan Rixi can mobilize alone exceeds 2,000. If alliances are included, it may reach 5,000. For the Jingman who live in a stronghold, such a force is already very impressive.
Liu Jing wrote to Shan Rixi, naturally hoping that he would send troops to help him. This was also one of the reasons why he was willing to help Shan Rixi, who was alone and alone, because he expected to help him in turn in the future.
This time is earlier than Liu Jing imagined.
After all, he had concerns about the Jingzhou Navy. In order to increase his chances of winning, he didn't mind suppressing all the chips in his hand.