Chapter six hundred and fiftieth chapters detour by sea
At the end of the first year of Jiankang, that is, at the beginning of the second year of Jiankang, Prime Minister Tao Shang issued a denouncement in Pengcheng, and personally ordered 100,000 elite soldiers to prepare to go north to Qingzhou to carry out the Northern Expedition to regain Hebei.
In fact, according to common sense, there is not much time left before the end of the year, so it is not the right time to send troops at the end of the year.
However, although wars have certain regularities, the situation in each war is not exactly the same. The competition among princes always changes rapidly with the changes of people.
The risks involved are like gambling. If you win, you can be rich. If you lose, you can only run naked on the street in briefs.
Just like the current situation, it is imperative to send troops... In fact, the pottery merchant can do without sending troops, but after a few years, the person who becomes passive in the situation is himself.
Tao Shang's 100,000 elite soldiers for this Northern Expedition are the most elite soldiers and generals he has accumulated bit by bit over the past eight years.
Tao Shang believed that his Jinling Army was the best and most powerful army in the world.
With their support, I will definitely win the final victory in this Northern Expedition.
However, most of the soldiers under the pottery merchants were from the south.
It is almost the end of the year and it is cold in the north. If Qingzhou is not captured by then as a base, Yuan Shao or Cao Cao's soldiers may take the opportunity to counterattack. This must be guarded against.
So for this expedition, the pottery merchant also made detailed plans for himself.
The first step of the plan is to seize a base in Hebei so that the three armed forces can celebrate the New Year there.
Tao Shang called Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and others who were accompanying the army, and unfolded the map in front of them.
"Tell me, what are your thoughts on this expedition to Hebei? How should this battle be fought? Speak freely without any scruples."
Guo Jia rubbed his nose with his hand and made no sound.
Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi looked at each other and said nothing.
After a long moment of silence, the pottery merchant still had to speak up to break the deadlock.
"Well...we have a hundred thousand troops crossing the river this time. Don't you have any opinions that you want to express? You can even sing a song to express your passionate feelings. There is no need to hold it back."
Speaking of this, I can no longer say anything.
Guo Jia took the lead and said: "Yuan Shao is extremely guarded against Xuzhou. Yuan Shao has deployed heavy troops to defend Qingzhou. Whether it is the plains, Beihai, or Nanpi, there are deep trenches and high fences, and they are all ready. Every county and city has become a horn."
With the current situation, it is not that easy to conquer Qingzhou in a short time."
The pottery merchant raised his eyebrows: "Then why did you advise me to send troops quickly?"
Guo Jia sighed: "The admonishment is to send out troops because of the current situation. As for how these troops are sent out and how the battle is fought, I don't have any say. You are the commander-in-chief...you have to decide!"
The potter really wanted to slap the prodigal son to death on the wall.
Not responsible at all.
He turned to look at Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi.
When it comes to the art of war, these two are still not as good as Guo Jia... But what if they have a way?
When Sima Yi saw Tao Shang looking at him, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Teacher, don't look at me. I can't decide such a big thing... I'm just a child."
The pottery merchant looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile: "Now you know how to pretend to be young? Last month, when you went to the Pengcheng noble family Cheng's family to have a private meeting with his daughter in my name, you acted very mature."
Sima Yi's face suddenly turned red when he heard this.
How come the teacher even knows this...
Zhuge Liang held the white feather fan and carefully studied the map for a long time. On it was Yuan Jun's layout in Qingzhou marked by Guo Jia.
Yuan Shao indeed attached great importance to the pottery merchants. He almost arranged many garrison troops in Qingzhou, and also controlled all the important roads and set up many camps.
But it's no wonder that if Cao Cao and Tao Shang attack Hebei from two fronts, Yuan Shao, no matter how powerful he is, can only worry about one side. Now that Cao Cao has split the Black Mountain Army, his morale is strong, and he is aiming directly at Liyang. His target is Yuan Shao's base camp, Yuan Shao.
He had to deal with Cao Cao personally. In this case, he could only use heavy troops to defend the pottery merchants.
Zhuge Liang looked at it carefully for a long time and said: "Teacher, Yuan Shao has arranged it like this. We can attack one city after another and defeat one county after another. Even if the situation goes well, we may not be able to capture the Qingzhou fortress in less than half a year."
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Tao Shang knew that Zhuge Liang was telling the truth, and he also knew that this situation must be solved. However, he thought about it for a long time and could not think of any good way.
I expected Guo Jia and others to open another window for me, but unfortunately they couldn't either.
"Half a year is definitely not enough. There will be a severe cold in three months. If there is no stable base area, the three armies will suffer from the severe cold. If Yuan Shao takes the opportunity to counterattack, I am afraid that my 100,000 troops will be destroyed."
He swallowed it completely."
Guo Jia was also the rare one who was at a loss.
People who know him well would never imagine that there is something in this world that can defeat him.
"Oh, it's not good if we don't send troops, but if we send troops... I might not be able to capture it for a while, and our efforts will be wasted... Yuan Shao has deployed so many defenders on the front line of Qingzhou, but such a defense will inevitably be empty in the rear... Alas, if we
It would be nice to be able to fly over Yuan Jun's barrier." Guo Jia stared at Pitu and muttered to himself.
"Fly over? Fly over..." Guo Jia's words lit up the pottery merchant's mind. He touched his chin and thought carefully for a long time, then suddenly clapped his hands and said, "This is a good idea, let's fly over!"
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"Ah?" Guo Jia and others were all stunned.
Sima Yi looked at Tao Shang in surprise, thinking to himself that the teacher must have been driven crazy by Yuan Shao's defensive lineup, right?
When the pottery merchant said this, Guo Jia seemed to have some ideas in his mind, but he was vaguely unable to grasp the key points.
"How...are we going to fly there?" Guo Jia couldn't figure it out and simply asked the pottery merchant for advice.
"Just fly over there! Fly, fly, fly~" The potter smiled and pointed northeast on the picture, and kept pointing northeast...
"Stop flying." Guo Jia wiped his sweat and said, "You are going to fly to the sea. If not one of you can fly, all the soldiers of the three armies will fall into the sea and drown to feed the fish..."
Having said this, Guo Jia was suddenly startled and suddenly came back to his senses.
"What do you mean, Prime Minister, to go by sea?"
The pottery merchant nodded and said: "When it comes to the number of naval forces and warships, our land south of the Yangtze River is said to be the second largest in the world today. Who dares to claim the first place? In the past, we all sailed on the river. This time we divided into some elite groups.
Soldiers and horses, take the sea route from the coastal ports of Xuzhou to transport some of the elite soldiers and horses to Donglai County!"
Sima Yi suddenly realized: "Donglai County is a coastal area, and it does not border us inland. As long as Yuan Shao deploys heavy troops in Beihai County and Jiaodong County, he will block our dry road from Xuzhou to Donglai County, but we
If the army divides its troops and takes the water route, bypasses Donglai County and surprises Beihai, attacking from both sides, we can definitely break this deadlock!"
Tao Shang gently tapped the picture with his finger and said: "That's the reason. Although this method is somewhat risky, it is within the range of our army. After all, traveling by water is also our army's strength, but this step
The sea is still a challenge for our navy after all...it needs to be handled with caution."
Speaking of this, Tao Shang looked at Guo Jia and said: "I will hand over the important task of leading the troops across the sea to brother Feng Xiao. We will agree on a time and place. At that time, we will attack Yuan's army in Beihai County from both sides and open a passage."
Guo Jia almost fainted when he heard this.
"Prime Minister, have you forgotten? I almost vomited to death when I took a boat on the Yangtze River for the first time! If you let me go into the sea, wouldn't Guo have to vomit out his intestines?"
Spit your intestines out of your mouth?
The potter imagined it for a moment, and then felt a chill all over his body.
It's so disgusting to say.
"I really don't trust anyone other than you to take on this mission...Don't worry, Tao will treat you right. When this cross-sea battle is over, I will report to the emperor and ask him to confer a marquisship on you Guo Jia. How about that?"
Guo Jia curled his lips when he heard this,
The emperor is staying at your house, and you are still pretending to do it!
However, the matter of being granted the title of Marquis was quite irritating to Guo Jia.
He said with a smile: "The Prime Minister is going to ask the Emperor to grant Guo a title of what kind of marquis?"
The pottery merchant thought about it for a while and said: "We, the Han Dynasty, had an old king in Changyi. The deposed emperor Liu He was made a Marquis of Haihun. Since you fainted as soon as you went to the sea, Tao will make you a Marquis of Haihun."
Guo Jia's smile suddenly stiffened.
Guo Jia and Sima Yi were snickering on the sidelines and almost choked.
"Prime Minister, I don't want you to abuse people like this. Haihun is the name of a county! What kind of territory is your Haihun? Is it a pavilion, a township, or a county?"
The pottery merchant thought seriously for a long time and said: "We are a big man with one pavilion for ten miles and one post for five miles. But now there are too many wars and there are many meritorious deeds. If we all have to be granted the title of marquis, even if we have thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, it will not be enough...
I think I will have to redraw the rules later, further refine the pavilions, and divide them into street offices, communities, etc... You should set an example and be my first community leader."