Li Xingchen nodded slightly. He knew that after the Hangou was dredged and large ships could pass, the navy could directly transfer the five-toothed warships. By then, the size of the navy would inevitably increase significantly, and now Wu Huijue's so-called hundreds of warships
, they are just some ships below the level of a building ship, and it is actually difficult to pose a sufficient threat to the enemies in the north.
At the beginning, Wu Mingche also placed his hope on the navy. Unfortunately, the navy's warships besieged Northern Xuzhou for a long time and could not be defeated, forcing Wu Mingche to turn to Luliang to find a breakthrough. However, he was defeated by the Northern Qi and later the Northern Zhou who came one after another.
The army blocked it. In the final analysis, the Northern Zhou Dynasty's navy was definitely unable to compete with the Nanchen Navy. However, facing layers of water forts and tall city walls, Nanchen's navy was helpless.
Therefore, the Navy's lack of heavy equipment and large warships that can attack difficult targets was one of the objective reasons for the failure of the last Battle of Huaibei.
For a long time, Li Xingchen was not inclined to attack through Huainan. The naval deficiencies were also one of the problems he considered. Now this problem can obviously be remedied to a large extent through the dredging of Hangou.
"Have you figured out the situation of the tidal flats on the north coast?" Li Xingchen immediately turned his attention to Qiu Zhi. He sent Qiu Zhi to Huainan because he also considered that this guy could be regarded as one of his lucky generals. When he first attacked Yiling and went to Xiangzhou,
It was this guy who took the lead and opened up the situation in the end. He even made great contributions in persuading Nanchen Navy to surrender, which gave Li Xinchen the greatest help to reach Xiangzhou City.
Qiu Zhi said hurriedly: "After my subordinates came to Huainan, based on the information left before, they sent people to explore at night and drew a topographic map along the Huaihe River. Your Majesty, please move on."
Li Xingchen followed the direction of his finger and saw the map, which was densely marked with many words. Apparently before Li Xingchen, Qiu Zhi and the others were already studying how to forcefully cross the Huai River.
Li Xingchen also roughly understood Wu Huijue's plan through his exchanges with Lu Zicai and others. They used the navy as a partial division to pretend to attack North Xuzhou, and then the navy's troop transport ships transported troops and horses directly along the Qingjiang estuary to Luliang, and then outflanked them eastward.
, and the navy attacked northern Xuzhou together.
This was actually Wu Mingche's original plan, but it was a pity that Wu Mingche turned to this path after holding troops under the Northern Xuzhou City for too long. At that time, the reinforcements from the Northern Qi Dynasty had arrived, but the navy from the Southern Chen Dynasty had not arrived at all.
The method provided strong support, but Wu Mingche could only watch helplessly as he was attacked from both sides.
Therefore, it can be said that Wu Mingche's idea itself has no problem, but he ignored the actual ability of Nanchen Navy. Of course, under the circumstances at that time, facing Chen Xu's strong order, Wu Mingche did have no choice. If he did not
If he turns to attack Luliang, he has no choice but to return to the court. Chen Xu, who wants to become another Liu Yu, will definitely not let him off lightly. Even in the second half of the Battle of Luliang, Nanchen was already at a clear disadvantage.
, but Chen Xu still hesitated to make a decision, which put the army in danger for a time.
Afterwards, whether in the Nanchen period or the Han period, Huainan generals analyzed this battle. Although they concluded that there were various reasons, the issue of cooperation on land and water has always been the most important one.
"With the current military strength of both sides, how certain are the chances of conquering North Xuzhou?" Li Xingchen asked in a deep voice.
He could tell from the map that this time Wu Huijue and the others would take North Xuzhou as the center of their attack. After all, North Xuzhou's position on the Huaibei defense line was almost the same as Zhongli's on the Huainan defense line. They wanted to completely destroy the enemy's morale and
To reduce the enemy's strength, Northern Xuzhou must be captured.
The so-called north of North Xuzhou is relative to South Xuzhou and Zhenjiang, which was born under the relocation policy. Therefore, in fact, North Xuzhou is the Xuzhou of later generations, and Xuzhou has been the top priority for Huaibei for thousands of years.
Heavy. So I knew that this was destined to be a piece of bone with teeth, but no one could just sit idly by.
Compared with before, Li Xingchen is no longer involved in the formulation of tactics at the tactical level, but is only responsible for the guidance and confirmation of strategic directions. As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he cannot be as comprehensive as ordinary generals.
It is impossible to always take the place of your own generals and preside over these matters.
Not to mention that Li Xinchen stayed here for a short time and did not understand the actual situation at all. Moreover, Li Xinchen's intervention would only cause the generals to rely too much on Li Xinchen's command and dispatch, which would naturally lead to the cultivation of talents and the accumulation of experience.
It is also disadvantageous.
After all, it was impossible for Li Xingchen to command all battles in every aspect, especially in those places where the emperor was far away. What's more, in terms of understanding of the Lianghuai defense line, Li Xingchen was actually not as good as Wu Huijue and the others.
Just like the last time Li Xingchen directly asked Chen Yu how confident he was to get rid of Yang Jian together with Yuwen, Li Xingchen also asked this question this time.
Wu Huijue pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I am 70% sure."
"Okay, I'll just follow your arrangements," Li Xingchen nodded, "Just ask me if you need anything."
Gritting his teeth, Wu Huijue then said: "I want to cooperate directly with Baipao so that I can get enough news about Huaibei as soon as possible."
The white robes belong directly to the emperor of the Han Dynasty. They only take orders from Li Xingchen. Of course, most of the white robe commanders since Chen Yu have certain independent powers in their hands, so that they can act in some emergencies.
Contact local military and political officials in a timely manner, but this kind of intelligence sharing and support is unilateral, which means that Baipao can take the initiative to request or give information, but local military and political officials have no right to directly seek Baipao's support.
Because everyone knows what the white robe is for, and because these guys have a vicious reputation, generally no one will go to these iron-faced kings of hell. In all likelihood, they are asking for trouble.
So when Wu Huijue made this request, Qiu Zhi and others also widened their eyes. Isn't this asking for trouble?
If His Majesty doesn't agree or doesn't want to agree, wouldn't it mean that he would be unhappy?
"Yes," Li Xingchen said cheerfully, "I not only asked Baipao to allocate some people to keep in touch with you at any time, but also dispatched hundreds of Yu Linqi to cooperate with your actions. In addition, after the dredging of Hangou within the year, the navy's ships will give priority to ensuring the two-Huaihe front line.
, is it possible?”
Wu Mingche, Qiu Zhi and others were overjoyed and all raised their hands: "Your Majesty, you are wise!"
Li Xingchen gently rubbed his chin and said with a smile: "And the Ministry of Industry has now researched some good things, which should increase your certainty of success to 80%."