The specific action plan of the peasant army is also relatively simple.

The first thing is to concentrate the troops of the three divisions and all the ships, rush straight to Jiujiang, and carry out a devastating attack on the Jiujiang army in the Jiujiang area, occupying Jiujiang with an absolute advantage of force.

Once the Jiujiang area is occupied by the peasant army, it will be like cutting off the Yangtze River waterway in half. At that time, the peasant army will leave a unit to station in Jiujiang and cut off the Yangtze River waterway. The main force will go westward to attack Ezhou and Hanyang areas and fight the decisive battle with the Ezhou army.

Under this circumstance, the peasant army can still be regarded as an advantageous force.

The Jiujiang Army and the Ezhou Army have both forces of about 30,000. When combined, they can match the peasant army, but if they are defeated by the peasant army, the problem will be different.

The peasant army will gain twice the advantage over the Song army on local battlefields and can successfully seize the initiative in the war.

The specific strategy has been discussed. The peasant army has four reorganized divisions, three attacks, one for the general reserve team and the left-behind team. It is best not to use it. There is no way to use it...

After careful thinking and arrangements, Zhao Yucheng decided to let Lu Chengren lead the Third Division to stay in Nanchang.

He personally went out and led the main force of the peasant army to fight the decisive battle with the Song army.

Lu Chengren expressed his agreement and accepted the appointment. Xu Tong and Zhang Xiaohu did not raise any objections and accepted the appointment.

However, when allocating specific tasks, Xu Tong could not control his restless heart and wanted to give a little underestimation on this strategy.

He wanted to lead an elite army to attack Ezhou by land and take action separately with the main force who was on the water.

"The most convenient road to Jiujiang and Ezhou is naturally the waterway. We know this, and the Song army also knows it, so they must work hard on the waterway. Moreover, the Song army has always attached great importance to the naval army, and even the inland waterway army may have some combat effectiveness.

In this way, taking Jiujiang first, then Ezhou, and launching a decisive battle with the two Song armies face to face, which is certainly a victory, and it is enough for the Xiangyang army to react and initiate support. If the Jiujiang army supports it for a little longer, our advantage may not be able to last.

If our army wants to gain an advantage in fighting against the Song army, it naturally needs to take field battle first. Now the Song army has many new soldiers and our army has many veterans. The combat effectiveness cannot be compared. Since this is the case, soldiers are more powerful. If we can defeat the two large armies of the Song army in one battle, we can directly cut off the retreat of the Xiangyang army and cut off the food route!

The grain channel was cut off, and Xiangyang's army was more than 40,000 people ate horses and chewed. How long can it last? Not to mention that the Henan Corps' army was pressing over, Xiangyang was attacked from both sides and could not succeed if it wanted to stick to it. In this way, Xiangyang will be broken and Jinghu will be gained by me!"

Xu Tong pointed to the mountainous hilly area on the map from Nanchang to Ezhou, and explained his thoughts.

His advice is very bold.

Lu Chengren first expressed his dissatisfaction with Xu Tong's bold idea, feeling that the number of troops that can be led by the mountainous areas is relatively small and the logistics supply cannot be guaranteed. Even if he can successfully arrive in Ezhou, the army will be exhausted.

How can we fight then?

Zhang Xiaohu didn't support it either, thinking that this action was too risky.

Not to mention whether the Song army would be defeated, before the main force arrived, Xu Tong was equal to using his thousands of troops to face the Song army with 30,000, which was nearly ten times the difference in strength. If he could not win a battle, it would basically be annihilation of the entire army.

Neither Lu Chengren nor Zhang Xiaohu supported Xu Tong's idea, and several instructors also did not support or deny this, and they all thought it was too risky.

Now Zhao Yucheng is the only one left.

Zhao Yucheng stared at the map for a long time, pondered for a while, and looked at Xu Tong.

"Do you want to reproduce the results of your previous raid on Lin'an?"

Xu Tong nodded.

"Before, I attacked Lin'an, and the Song army had tens of thousands of imperial guards to guard Lin'an. There were two large troops stationed not far from Lin'an, and their troops were more than ten times that of mine. Despite this, since my attack, no Song army took the initiative to attack me.

Even when I was more than ten miles away from Lin'an City, a Song army came towards me, but before the fight, he turned around and left. Until I withdrew, he did not appear again. The Song army, whose troops were far above me, only dared to defend and did not attack.

Later, except for the meeting, I was also wondering why I could go to Lin'an. The Song army did not dare to fight against me along the way. I found that perhaps they didn't know from beginning to end that I only had 4,000 troops, and thought I had brought tens of thousands of troops, so they didn't dare to fight against me."

"But at this time, then, you cannot compare the current situation in Ezhou with the situation in Lin'an."

Lu Chengren still objected and said, "I'm not afraid of ten thousand, but I'm afraid of anything! In our current situation, we need the word "stability", we must be stable!"

"The battle on the battlefield is about who is more courageous than who is more unexpected than who is more unexpected than who is more!"

Xu Tong said firmly: "The more unexpected you are, the more you can disrupt the enemy's arrangements and achieve the greatest results at the lowest cost! Otherwise, the advantage is not ours for 80,000 to 100,000!"

Lu Chengren still objected and wanted to continue persuasion, but Zhao Yucheng stood up and ended the argument between the two.

"March and war, the word "stability is the first priority. Without a stable rear, no tactics can be used. What Lu Shishuai said is correct."

Xu Tong wanted to say something, but Zhao Yucheng raised his hand to stop him.

"But the Chairman once told me that the battlefield changes rapidly, and no one can predict everything on the battlefield, nor can the military immortal Han Xin. Therefore, the key point of fighting is to make fewer mistakes while making the enemy make more mistakes."

Zhao Yucheng looked at Xu Tong and said, "I support your plan. Just fight and use your full ability. I only set up a task for you to conquer Ezhou and cut off the rations of Xiangyang's army. How to implement it? You can do it yourself. I will fight with the Song army in Jiujiang and support you as soon as possible."

Xu Tong was stunned for a moment, and then overjoyed.

“So better!”

So this plan was determined. In order to increase the possibility of Xu Tong's successful attack on Ezhou, Zhao Yucheng asked Xu Tong to lead at least 5,000 troops, and he could select soldiers with strong bodies and quick hands and feet from the entire army.

After Xu Tong had almost prepared, Su Yonglin's order was delivered to Zhao Yucheng in time.

"The Chairman agreed to our plan and will dispatch the Henan Corps troops to support us in a timely manner. This battle is stable!"

Zhao Yucheng's confidence increased greatly, and immediately ordered Xu Tong to lead 5,000 elite troops to set out first to start trekking in the mountains, hoping to reach the predetermined attack position as soon as possible.

Zhao Yucheng led the main combat force composed of the remaining 55,000 soldiers, riding more than 600 ships of all sizes and sizes, and advancing towards Jiujiang in a water and land direction.

Zhang Xiaohu, the commander of the Fourth Division, was appointed as a vanguard general because of his bravery, and led the elite vanguard to pioneer the way for the army.
Chapter completed!