With the help of the Yu family's fleet, Gan Ning found the East China Sea and Yellow Sea Fleet led by Huang Xu on the fixed route. After that, Gan Ning immediately exercised the power of the Navy Commander and ordered Huang Xu to lead the fleet to collect merchant ships along the way to accompany the army. At the same time, he sent people north to mobilize Zhou Tai
The Bohai Fleet agreed to meet at the outlet of the Huaihe River.
Either don't play, or play big, especially with Wang Xuan's permission, how can you be so scared!
After finishing all this, Gan Ning did not move with the fleet, but separated a separate warship to take him north to Donghai County, Xuzhou.
A few days later, Tan County, Donghai County.
After arriving outside the county town covered in dust, Gan Ning dusted off his body while looking at the towering city wall, and spat on the ground, "Damn it, I've been traveling day and night, how can I still look like a naval commander?
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For the sake of the big plan in his mind, Gan Ning also accepted it and didn't bother to inform anyone. Gan Ning directly rose into the sky and flew towards the city.
In the city, Wei Yan was handling military affairs. Originally, the commander-in-chief of the eastern part was Guan Yu, who was based in Qingzhou and coordinated military matters in Qingzhou, Taishan, and northern Xuzhou. Now that Guan Yu was transferred, all military affairs in the three places fell to Wei Yan.
Now that he was happy to be reused, he felt heavy pressure.
Suddenly, a bright light flashed in Wei Yan's eyes, and he raised his head and looked in the direction outside the city. Just now, a terrifying momentum shot up into the sky, which alerted him.
A master is coming to town!
"Who is it?" Without bothering to explain to his subordinates, he jumped out of the meeting hall in a few steps. Wei Yan also rose into the sky and rushed forward to face the momentum.
"Wen Chang, it's me!" Looking at Wei Yan flying towards him, Gan Ning stopped in the air and laughed, clasping his fists and saying.
"Hey, it turns out it's Xingba, you..." Wei Yan lowered his head and looked at the people in the city who were looking up in confusion and smiled bitterly: "Xingba, you, you are too excited to mobilize the troops."
"Haha, sorry, sorry, the situation is urgent, let's talk here?"
Wei Yan slapped his head and said, "Look at me, get down quickly."
Returning to the military district office, Wei Yan told his men to do their own work, and hurriedly took Gan Ning back to his residence. It must not be a small matter for Gan Ning to come in such a hurry.
Entering the house, he ordered tea to be served. Gan Ning did not hesitate to pick up the teapot and drank three large cups in a row. He also picked up a plate of exquisite pastries, opened his mouth wide and took it directly into his mouth.
He finished a plate and then let out a sigh of relief.
Seeing this scene, Wei Yan was a little stunned, and his expression became more solemn, thinking: What on earth could have made Gan Ning so anxious?
"Commander Wen, hurry up and prepare, join me in attacking Cao Jun!" Gan Ning startled Wei Yan with his first words.
Why should we attack Cao Jun together?
Wei Yan looked at Gan Ning with a confused look on his face. Yes, he knew that a war was going on in the west. After taking Yizhou, Guan Yu's troops left Shuzhong and directly entered Jingzhou. Then Wang Xuan led the army to arrive. At this moment, most of Nanjun fell
In our own hands, that's all.
After all, there is Boss Cao on both sides, and information transportation is inconvenient. The news he got also came from Zhending in the north.
In order to ensure that the ministers of civil and military affairs and the feudal officials can keep abreast of the situation in all parts of the world, and will not smear the situation when the matter is about to happen, Wang Xuan originally designed an internal newspaper of the government, one every two days, determined by the real government.
They compiled and printed it and distributed it to officials in various places. Wei Yan only knew the information about the war situation in the west through this method, but forget about the timeliness and detail. He didn't even know about Gan Ning's defeat until now.
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"No, wait!" Wei Yan pinched his eyebrows with a headache, raised his hand to stop Gan Ning, "Can you make it clear that I have not received any news from the military about sending troops, and sending troops without authorization?
...It’s not easy to explain!”
Damn it, I definitely can't agree to it, Wei Yan decided secretly.
This is not a shirk for Wei Yan. In feudal society, generals were not allowed to order troops to send troops privately. At the least, he would be guilty of provocation, and at most, he would be labeled as a rebel. Wei Yan could not explain anything.
It gave Gan Ning face.
Of course, the military system is still different under Wang Xuan's changes. Due to the popularization of literacy and instructors in the military, although the military generals have the power to mobilize troops, it is nonsense to say that giving an order is like leading the soldiers under their command to rebel.
Damn it, if you dare to say these words, you will be immediately arrested on the spot by the army lieutenant general.
Coupled with the inconvenience of information transmission, when Wang Xuan formulated the military system, he left a hole that he would not accept the emperor's orders. Of course, your explanation afterwards is clear, otherwise, everyone will be punished for several crimes.
I can't bear this responsibility.
Gan Ning was stunned for a moment and felt that he was a little rash. He rolled his eyes and began to use his sharp tongue, "The thing is like this, Guan Junhou... baba baba, blah blah blah, blah blah blah.
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According to Gan Ning, Guan Yu defeated three cities in seven days, used tricks to paralyze the enemy, and captured Jiangling, the largest city in the south of the Yangtze River, in one day. Now Jingzhou is fighting in succession, and the fighting is so exciting that Wei Yan's blood boils.
"I am also acting under orders. The Imperial Army has given the navy the power to make decisions on the fly, to open up a new battlefield in the southeast, disperse Cao's army, reduce the pressure on the western battlefield, and strive to capture Xiangyang as soon as possible. If Xiangyang is captured, the situation in the west will be settled.
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"Of course, in my opinion, our southwest battlefield also has great potential. Now Cao Jun's attention is attracted to Jingzhou. Cao Hong leads troops to support Xiangyang. Cao Zhen mobilizes the army in Runan, Yuzhou to support Jiangxia. In order to confront our army, Cao Jun has sent most of his troops
They are all stationed at the border to contain each other."
"At this moment, the soldiers and horses of Yuzhou are mobilizing to Jiangxia again. It is the time when its center is most empty. Therefore, in my opinion, since we want to open up the southwest battlefield, why not go one step further and use the convenience of the navy to just go from the Huai River along the river?
If you go up, you can directly cut off a large piece of meat from Cao Cao's territory."
As he spoke, Gan Ning took the map and said, "Look, if you go west from the estuary of the Huaihe River, you can reach Huaipu County and Huaiyin County in Xiapi County within one day. After taking these two counties, you will completely cut off Guangling County and Xiapi County."
The road connecting the southern part of Pi County to the north will not be able to capture this half of the county by then."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Two counties, how can Xiapi City, which is so close at hand, still stand by and do nothing? You must know that Guangling is the territory of the Chen family, Chen Dengchen
The influence of Gui and his son in Xuzhou is first-class, so Xiapi will definitely send troops to rescue them. When the time comes..."
Before Gan Ning could finish speaking, Wei Yan slapped his palm heavily on Xiapi City with an excited expression, and said with excitement in his voice: "At that time, I only need to send troops behind to cut off his return, and then I can
We will besiege it in the wild. At that time, Xiapi will send people to rescue or not to rescue. To rescue, we will surround the area and provide reinforcements. If we do not rescue, we will just watch our entire army being annihilated and our morale will plummet. When the time comes, I will send troops to attack the city.
It can be won in one fell swoop.”
"What's more, hehe, in the past few years, you really thought that I was stationed in Tan County and did nothing!"
Damn it!
Gan Ning looked at Wei Yan in surprise. His original intention was to take advantage of the emptiness in Xiapi to send troops to attack, but he did not expect that Wei Yan was more adventurous than him and actually wanted to trap Cao's army in Xiapi outside the city for reinforcements.
It's okay to simply attack the empty Xiapi, but if you want to call for reinforcements outside the city, it will be difficult. You have to send troops in advance to move near Xiapi without being noticed by the Xiapi defenders.
It is also necessary to closely monitor every move of the Xiapi City defenders near Xiapi to ensure that an ambush can be laid in advance on the only way the reinforcements must pass.
Among them, concealment and whereabouts are the top priority. Gan Ning is not worried about combat prowess, but once discovered, all his previous efforts will be completely wasted.
Gan Ning opened his mouth, wanting to persuade Wei Yan to give up such a risky idea, but he swallowed his words again. After all, his original plan could not ensure the capture of Xiapi. After all, Xiapi had already been prepared and had no shortage of morale.
Understand, it is not easy to break through a fortified city. After all, Wei Yan is the only general who shows off his power.
But, think about it, it’s really exciting!
If Xiapi is lost...haha, for Cao Cao, the entire eastern part will be completely corrupted.