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Four hundred and thirteenth chapter [tit for tat]

(Thank you for the Alliance! Thank you Zhao Wuxiu 2014, ug, Brother Kai Yao Sister, Yang Yiao, Lonely ♂ Little White Rabbit, Kongming Xiaoxi, Xi Anbei, Fast and Passion)

On the seventh day of the first lunar month of the sixth year of Jian'an (201), the Wanling Conference gathered in Danyang and the generals of the Southern Expedition gathered in Danyang to conduct a pre-war mobilization.

This pre-war meeting gathered the most complete lineup of the southern expedition, including navy, army, vanguard, and logistics.

The generals attending the meeting were as follows: General Xing Nan, General Shang, General Shang, General Qingzhou, Taishi Ci, General Zhennan, and General Yanzhou, Le Jin, General Jian, General Jian Jiu, General Jian Jiu, General Xun You, and General Jian Sima Lu Xun; General Yang Wei, General Jian Hai, General defeated the enemy, and General Li Dian, General defeated the enemy, Li Dian, General Dongjun Zhang Liao, Prefect of Shanyang, Tao Ying, Prefect of Danyang, Tao Shang, Prefect of Wu County, Lu Fan, Prefect of Wu County, Lu Dai, Chief of Pei State, Cheng Lian, Chief of Pei State, Xuzhou, Mi Zhu, Chief of Xu Fang, Chief of Guangling, Chen Deng, Chief of Guangya, Zang Ba, Chief of Langya, Chief of Chief of Lu Guan, Sun Kang, Lu Jun, Prefect of Lujiang. As well as tiger generals such as Ganning, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Chen Dao, Guan Cheng.

Xun You, on behalf of Ma Han, announced the division of responsibilities of the generals: the left governor of the navy, Tao Ying, Tao Shang, the prefect of Danyang, Lu Fan, the prefect of Wujun, Lu Dai, the governor of Xuzhou, Mi Zhu, the commander of the commander of Guangling, Chen Deng, the prefect of Guangling, were responsible for the unobstructed transportation line of Liaodong-Qingzhou-Xuzhou-Yangzhou, to ensure the supply of food, armor, horses and personnel replenishment of the army.

The army divided into three groups on the left, center and right to attack south. The combat generals and their respective tasks were as follows:

The commander of the left army, General of the Conquest South (return to the main), the commander of the navy, Taishi Ci, the governor of Qingzhou, and the generals under him were Guan Cheng, Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Sun Kang, etc. He led 10,000 Dragon Wolf Xu Lin Army, 2,000 Bohai Army, 3,000 Langya Army, a total of 15,000 troops, various warships, and transport ships, and went south along the Lengshui banks. Advanced water and cut off Zhejiang water, and cut off Jiangdong Army into two cuts. Guan Cheng led 3,000 Bohai Army to attack from the sea, and with the assistance of the troops of Wu County and Danyang County, he surrounded and defeated the enemy in Kuaiji, drove the Sun family, and recovered Kuaiji.

The Bohai Army had originally 5,000, but when it captured Wu County, it suffered a considerable loss. Later, it confronted the Jiangdong Army. Several small-scale water battles occurred before and after, which was quite a loss. After occupying the four counties of Jiangdong, more than 2,000 Danyang water soldiers were added, and their strength had recovered, even stronger than before. Similarly, the 8,000 Dragon Wolf Xu Lin Army also selected 2,000 strong soldiers from the county soldiers of Wu and Danyang counties to expand to 10,000. The strength of the Left Route Army is still very good.

The commander of the right army, General Zhennan and Governor of Yanzhou, Le Jin, generals under his command include General Blade and General Li Dian, the right governor of the navy; Zhang Liao, the prefect of Dongjun, Cheng Lian, the cavalry commander Gao Lan, etc., led 12,000 Dragon Wolf Purging Army, including a thousand Dragon Wolf Cavities from Luoyang, 800 Barbarian Camp, 3,000 Li clan soldiers, 3,000 Yanzhou navy, 3,000 Yanzhou soldiers, and 1,000 Shouchun soldiers led by Gao Lan. The task of this army was to go south along the Yangtze River, capture Pengze and Chaisang, block the Jiangdong Army's escape route to the north, laying the foundation for the next step of encirclement of Nanchang.

The Central Army was commanded by General Ma Han himself, and controlled the three armies. The elite soldiers and generals under his command were Guo Jia, Xun You, Lu Xun; the martial arts were Gan Ning, Zhang He, Gao Shun, and Chen Dao. The commanded the five hundred general guards, one thousand dragon wolf cavalry in Luoyang, one thousand trap camps, one thousand halberd soldiers, and three thousand naval troops composed of five hundred elite Shanyue, nearly a thousand ba County fierce bandits, one thousand Danyang soldiers, seven hundred boat soldiers and helmsman. In addition, the three thousand auxiliary soldiers of other troops, Xun You and Lu Xun were assigned to Sima and fake Sima, and the total total of nearly ten thousand.

As the general reserve team, the Central Army will advance south along the Yangtze River after the Right Army, advance along the Yangtze River, and assist in Yuzhang.

The three armies had a total of 40,000 troops, plus the total number of tens of thousands of servants, ship workers, and the southern expedition army provided by the four counties including Jiujiang, Danyang, Wujun, and Lujiang was exactly 50,000.

"The above is the total force and combat distribution of our army's southern expedition. The following are the details." Xun You gave a baton to guide the sand table and explained the combat plan in detail. "Our main battle target is the Sun family in Jiangdong, with two strike points, namely Kuaiji, Pengze and Chaisang. Our opponent Jiangdong Army has a total force of about 40,000, distributed in Kuaiji and Yuzhang. Kuaiji is 5,000 and Yuzhang 35,000. It sounds like it is comparable to our army, but it is not the case. The composition of the 40,000 troops in the Jiangdong Army, including 3,000 Sun clan soldiers, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai's old soldiers, and 3,000 soldiers and horses recruited by Sun Bofu when he crossed Jiangdong. These 7,000 soldiers were elite soldiers of the Jiangdong Army. In addition, there were Yan Baihu and Zulang's bandits; the county soldiers captured from Lujiang were nearly 10,000; the county soldiers captured from Huangshe, Hua Xin collected five or 6,000, plus thousands of soldiers and horses left by each county."

Xun You asked the attendant to hang a comparison chart on the wall and knocked his baton: "You guys can see from this picture that our Dragon Wolf Army has 50,000 troops, 30,000 soldiers, 10,000 auxiliary soldiers, 10,000 ship workers, and 10,000 ship workers. The Jiangdong Army has 10,000 soldiers, 20,000 auxiliary soldiers, 10,000 ship workers. In other words, the combat forces that our army can mobilize is twice that of its obvious advantage."

This chart divides the forces of both sides into ten digits, which are clear and detailed, and can be seen at a glance. Needless to say, this is naturally an improvement of Marhan.

After comparing the troops, compare the ships. Xun You ordered his servant to hang another picture, which was also a comparison with the Jiangdong Army: "Our army has more than 500 hu of tower ships, 220 hu of tower ships; more than 300 hu of ships, 450 hu of ships, 340 hu of bridges; less than 200 hu of Maotu, 340 red horses; the total number of warships is more than 1,000. The Jiangdong Army has 180 hu of tower ships, about 370 hu of warships, and small warships below 200 hu of warships are similar to our army. In terms of the number of warships, although our army is a northern army, its strength is no longer inferior to the southern army."

Xun You's tone was full of pride, and he really had reason to be proud. The south ships and north horses were stronger than the land, and south troops were stronger than the water. As a genuine northern army, the Dragon Wolf Army not only had a total of meter of ships that were no less than the Jiangdong Army (the Han Dynasty ships were calculated in meter, equivalent to modern tonnage), but also had a group of water soldiers with rich combat and ship experience. This is the foundation for the Jiangdong Army to hunt the river.

After the generals had almost digested it, Ma Han stood up and made a final summary: "The left-wing army will have no suspense to capture Kuaiji. After defeating the enemy, Duke Lü Ding (Lu Dai) will be the prefect of Kuaiji, taking over the military and political affairs of Kuaiji, clearing the remaining enemies in the Chaochao, appeaseing the civil servants, and ensuring logistics. After the left-wing army completed the first phase of the mission, the entire army turned to Yuzhang and joined the right-wing army and the middle-wing army to encircle Chaisang and Nanchang. The focus of this southern expedition is Chaisang. If the capture of Chaisang, the gate of the Jiangdong army to the Yangtze River can be closed. The Jiangdong army will only be trapped and killed. You guys, not only have three armies, but also an important helper in the west, Huang Zu has promised that at that time, he will send no less than 5,000 ships to help the battle. This battle is the most critical battle in the southern expedition. If you win, you can make half of the wall, and if you lose, you will lose. You guys, work hard!"

All the generals stood up in one go: "I will win!"

...

Almost as Ma Han convened a pre-war mobilization, Chaisang, 600 miles away, and the civil servants and military generals of the Sun clan in Jiangdong were gathered together to discuss the future.

Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Song Qian, Dong Xi, Chen Wu, Lu Meng, Pan Zhang, Sun He, Sun Ben, Zhang Zhao, Wu Jing, Zhu Zhi, Sun Jing, He Qi, Yu Fan... A group of famous ministers and generals of the Eastern Wu, all faced solemnly, and knew that it was time for life and death to interfere.

In addition to the Jiangdong generals, there were two special characters at the meeting: Han Hao and Sun Gan. What these two represent is self-evident.

The meeting was held by Sun Quan and chaired by Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu. However, since it was a military discussion, Zhang Zhao was just named, and the actual host was Zhou Yu.

"You guys, what I want to say is that the butcher's knife has been put on our necks." Zhou Yu was shocked as soon as he spoke, but no one thought he was exaggerating. "The Dragon Wolf Army sharpened its swords and the Mars were eyeing it, and we had no way out. Only now, there is only war!"

Chief Secretary Zhang Zhao interrupted, "Perhaps, we can send envoys to Wanling to ask for peace, so that we can win time."

Zhou Yu said calmly: "Zibu is not unaware that Le Jin's fire plundering army has crossed the river, the Dragon Wolf Army has completed the assembly, and the southern expedition is like an arrow on a string. At this time, the horse man will never stop the attack. Please make peace, it will not delay the time. If I am a horse man, I will only be in vain on the surface and be in a tight manner, and I will never be postponed when the war begins."

Zhang Zhao shook his head, sighed, and said nothing.

"But I think it's not the time to fight Marhan head-on." Zhou Yu changed his mind, but he said an argument that wasn't quick enough. "If we want to gain the upper hand in the decisive battle with the Dragon Wolf Army in the future, we must have enough pivotal terrain, reliable allies, and no enemies behind us."

Cheng Pu's eyes lit up and he looked west: "Zu Huang?!"

"Yes." Zhou Yu poked heavily on the map, making a sound, "Break Huang Zu, seize Jiangxia, first cut the horse man's arm, and eliminate the future troubles, killing two birds with one stone. Only when Jiangxia takes action can he be connected with Cao and Liu Gong, and the three families can unite. In this way, he can compete with the horse man and the female man."

Wu Jing, the governor of Yuzhang County, said with concern: "My Jiangdong Sun family fought with Huang Zu for not only one day. Although it has the upper hand, it is difficult to destroy it in the short term. It is difficult to defeat Huang Zu."

"This is one time and another." Zhou Yu was full of confidence. "In the past, our army did not do its best, but now the situation is forced to survive. The three armies work hard, work together and do their best, and Jiangxia can be defeated. More importantly, our army is not fighting alone this time..."

Zhou Yu looked at Han Hao, Sun Gan, Han and Sun saluted together: "What the Central Guards said is so true, my lord will not stand by."

Zhou Yu smiled and thanked him, chatting and deploying soldiers: "Time is not enough, so we should start first, use Kuaiji as bait, and divide the dragon and wolf army; use Penglize as the frontier, choose a good general to lead elite troops to deal with the northern troops to fight for time and time; while our army and Cao and Liu will use thunder to attack on both sides, and they will surely defeat Jiangxia."

The generals at the meeting nodded repeatedly and expressed their agreement with the plan.
Chapter completed!
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