Jia Xu smiled and replied calmly: "As the saying goes, soldiers are the most important thing. The supplies and food are for the Northern Expedition of 70,000 troops. Now that we are not dealing with Yuan Shao for the time being, and there are 40,000 soldiers in the Huainan battlefield, we will unload part of the supplies and food and food first and leave it in Guandu. What's wrong with giving the space on the ship to the soldiers?"

"It seems to be OK." Xun You couldn't help but nod in agreement.

After hearing this, Cao Cao smiled and pointed at Jia Xu, saying, "Wenhe's proposal is very good, please continue to talk."

"Yes." Jia Xu nodded and greeted: "Justice just now, Gongda mentioned that Zhou Yu was strong, why didn't Ming Gong let Chen Yuanlong move? Let him restrain Zhou Yu in Guangling, and we quickly advanced to Huainan from the water and defeated him before Sun Quan transferred Zhou Yu to support him. Although this move could not capture Jiangdong in one fell swoop, it would also greatly damage Sun Quan's vitality."

“Is there any more?”

Cao Cao crossed his legs hanging by the couch and showed an expression of enthusiasm and desire to hear.

Jia Xu did not dare to hide it privately and continued to add: "Huainan was originally Yuan Shu's territory. The Sun family currently has not deep foundations. In fact, it only controls a few counties in the southern part of Lujiang. Why didn't Ming Gong use several counties as bait to surround the points and help?"

When Cao Cao, Xun You, Guo Jia and a few smart people were thinking about the details, Cao Hong, the general who stayed behind, asked in confusion: "Sun Quan tried his best to seize Shouchun. Shouldn't we stay at the Feishui River and the water supply line?"

Inspired by Cao Hong, Zhang Liao also clasped his fists and shouted: "Lord, don't forget that there is Longxiang from Hefei. If the army goes directly to Lujiang, the soldiers of Hefei may plague our food route."

As soon as Cao Hong and Zhang Liao finished speaking, the generals in the tent began to whisper. Cao Cao waved his hand without comment and signaled that the generals to stop the call and not to affect Jia Xu. He knew that "Master Jia" would never make random suggestions.

When Jia Xu looked around, he smiled at everyone and nodded in affirmation, and then bowed to Cao Cao to explain.

"There are many ships in Jiangdong and good at water fighting. Why should we touch their strengths? Shouldn't we play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses? In this battle, we only need to ensure that Shouchun is not lost, and then directly attack Lujiang by land. If Jiangdong soldiers dare to go ashore, we will adopt the tactic of surrounding and fighting aid. If Sun Quan bets on his own and strongly attacked Shouchun, he will directly block the Ruxu Shuikou, and trap all the enemies invaded in Shishui, and the front line of Feishui may be able to catch them all in one place."

"Miaomiao"

Cao Cao pointed at Jia Xu and praised him in three ways, and praised him happily in front of everyone: "Wenhe is indeed very intelligent and far-reaching. If he doesn't make a sound, he will make a big splash. This time he attacks Huainan, you will use your strategy."

Jia Xu could feel the scorching eyes of others, and thought to himself that I really don’t want to be praised, but Cao Sikong always refused to let me keep a low profile. He thought that he would have to change his low-key strategy in the future.

Thinking of Cao Cao's use of his own strategy, Jia Xu took advantage of the break from Cao Cao's changing clothes and walked up to him and whispered: "Ming Gong, if you want to do this plan, just rely on one word, hurry up!"

"Hurry? Who is as quick as me, Cao Cao?"

After Cao Cao said that, he smiled loudly and immediately issued an order for the generals of the accounts: "You can return to the camp quickly and find Gong Liu (Shi Huan) to collect the ships according to the number of people. You can unload the baggage of any ship you get. I don't care what method you use. You must set sail in two hours."

"only."

The generals clasped their fists and shouted together, and then left the tent one after another.

Although Cao Cao hastily decided on the combat plan, the leaders and generals of each battalion were all old men who followed him, and their ability to execute orders was better than the other. As for logistics supplies, there was no need to worry about them. Whether in Guandu camp or Xudu, there were dedicated personnel to provide support for the army.

The silent Guandu camp suddenly moved, just like a factory that had been shut down for a long time suddenly started construction. The soldiers were like skilled workers on the assembly line. Although their respective divisions of labor were different, they could not affect each other and advance in an orderly manner. They completed unloading and boarding in less than two hours.

Cao Cao stood on the bow of the boat facing the east wind, looked back and saw the fleet like fish behind him, thinking that this was Cao Cao's speed. Sun Quan took over Jiangdong for only two years, and he might be able to understand how fast he could be as fast as me?

Hundreds of boats set off from Guandu and quickly turned into Langtang Canal and went straight downstream. Then they didn't have to change the route and went straight to Huai River. If the road was not stopped day and night, it would only take a few days.

The Langtang Canal starts from the Yellow River in the north and is called Rushui in the second half of Runan. It is the main waterway connecting the Huai River and the Yellow River.

Sending troops from Guandu is more convenient than Xuchang. You can travel to the Huainan battlefield through water. If Yuan Shao had a tight war in the north, Cao Cao could still rush to the Yellow River battlefield through this waterway.

Cao Cao has always been very lucky. This time he was so angry that he received a prompt report from Shouchun, saving time to adjust during the march north and allowing Cao's army to rush to Huainan as quickly as possible.

As Cao Cao thought, Sun Quan first received news that Xiahou Dun was defeated and Shouchun was empty, but it took several days to prepare before the war.

Sun Quan still used Yuan Shu's old subordinates as the main force, and some recruits recruited by Wu County, gathered a total of 30,000 people to the Huainan battlefield. Including the Lujiang garrison and Chen Lan's troops, the total force exceeded last year to reach more than 50,000.

The Jiangdong side increased its troops, while the Shouchun side had fewer defenders.

Sun Quan thought that it was time to be stable now, so he did not dare to boast about taking Xuchang, but it should be fine to capture Shouchun and occupy Huainan.

As for Long Xiang, who was entrenched in Hefei, Sun Quan has regarded him as a vassal of Jiangdong. The only drawback is that the head coach Xu Kun is sick.

Xu Kun didn't know if he was really sick, because he sent someone to tell Sun Quan the day before he left, saying that he could not get out of bed after being exposed to the cold.

Seeing that Xu Kun was so sick, Sun Quan immediately guessed that it should be related to the Na Yuan family last year, but Sun Quan did not compromise with his father-in-law and set off on a boat with his army.

Without Zhang butcher, he will not eat a mixed-haired pig.

Among the Sun family's relatives, Xu Kun was not the only one who could command the troops. When Sun Quan set off, he asked Lu Meng to take a light boat first, and went to Danyang to ask his uncle Wu Jing to wait in Wuhu, asking him to replace Xu Kun as the commander of the marching.

In the Sun Ce era, Wu Jing was used to balance Xu Kun, and Sun Quan used Xu Kun to balance Wu Jing. Now Xu Kun was "tant" because of his daughter, Sun Quan remembered his uncle again.

Sun Quan was very good at playing checks and balances, but it was not very useful for war. Shortly after the Jiangdong warships left Wujun, the 40,000 Cao troops appeared in Shouchun incredibly.

Xiahou Dun wrapped in a white cloth on his right shoulder apologized. Cao Cao asked in detail about the reason for his defeat. After a brief rest, he sent Xiahou Yuan. Zhang Xiu occupied Zipeng Mountain. Later, he led the army southward and headed straight for Lujiang, leaving Zhang He, Li Dian, and Song Xian to assist Xiahou Dun in guarding Shouchun.

In early May, when more than 30,000 Cao's army roared south, Huang Yi, in Lujiang, had no idea, but Hefei posts were surveillances, and only then did they find that Cao Cao had come to Huainan in person.

Long Xiang was quite surprised after hearing this, and thought to himself that this time it seemed like he had a big time. While he was re-adjusting the defenses of the old and new cities, he also asked someone to go to Shu County to inform Chen Lan to let go.

Chen Lan was waiting for this moment. When he assembled his troops to evacuate, Huang Yi hurried over and asked: "The army of Wu Hou is coming, where is General Chen going?"

"The army of Wuhou? It's too late!"

Chen Lan shook her head straight: "Cao soldiers have occupied Zipeng Mountain. It seems that Cao Cao has led his troops in person. I can't wait."

(End of this chapter)
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